Hall of Fame

  Born:             5 January 1897, Quebec City Died:              24 March 1976, Halifax Field:             Biochemistry     Young was invited by Dalhousie University in 1924 to organize the newly created Department of Biochemistry, made possible by a grant from the Rockefeller Foundation. He remained Head of Biochemistry at Dalhousie until 1950, when he resigned to undertake the planning and development of the Atlantic Regional … Read More

  Born:             22 September 1901, Halifax, Nova Scotia Died:              12 January 1997, Chicago, Illinois, USA Field:             Surgeon, urologist       Cancer researcher at the University of Chicago. His investigations demonstrated the relationship between hormones and breast and prostate cancers, leading to modern drug therapies for these diseases, for which work he was awarded (with Peyton Rous) the Nobel Prize in Physiology or … Read More

    Born:             1817, Scotland Died:              1889 Field:             Geologist       Born in Scotland, Honeyman emigrated to NS in 1848. Clergyman turned geologist, commissioned by the NS government to prepare natural history displays for international exhibitions in the US and Europe, as well as produce an overview of NS geology. Founder of the Provincial Museum of Nova Scotia, its curator until his … Read More

  Born:             8 Dec 1892, Pictou County, Nova Scotia Died:              19 Jun 1949, New Brunswick Field:             Physicist     Elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada in 1929. President of the Nova Scotian Institute of Science, 1936–1938. Elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of London, 19 March 1942. Bibliography Heighton, E.: Dr. Howard L. Bronson, Physicist.  Printed Privately, Halifax, Nova Scotia, 1990. … Read More

  Born:             29 Apr 1904, Parrsboro, Nova Scotia Died:              6 Sep 1982, Halifax, Nova Scotia Field:             Oceanographer     As chairman of the Fisheries Research Board of Canada 1964–69, Hayes guided its expansion and increased links with the universities through grants and research collaboration. His book The Chaining of Prometheus (1973) explored the subordination of Canadian science to governmental administration. Trained as a zoologist and … Read More

    Born:             28 October 1850, Halifax, Nova Scotia Died:             10 July 1907, Halifax, Nova Scotia Field:             Mining Engineering     Edwin Gilpin, the grandson of author Thomas Chandler Haliburton, was a mining engineer, Commissioner of Mines for Nova Scotia, and a prolific author of scientific reports and articles. Gilpin was an active member of the Nova … Read More

    Born:              2 May 1797, Cornwallis Township, Nova Scotia Died:              29 April 1864, Halifax, Nova Scotia Field:             Physician and Geologist Focus:            Discoverer of Kerosene     Abraham Pineo Gesner was born at Chipman’s corner, a farming community of about 100 people on the Cornwallis River in Kings County, NS, son … Read More

  Born:             1890, Clarence, Annapolis County, Nova Scotia Died:              1964, Berkeley, California, USA Field:             Physicist     Foster was Professor of Physics at McGill University from 1924 to 1964, and Director of the Radiation Laboratory at that University from 1947 to 1960. The Laboratory was named after Dr. Foster after he retired. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada … Read More

    Born:             30 October 1912, Sydney, Nova Scotia Died:              29 May 2001, Halifax, Nova Scotia Field:             Theoretical Physics       Oswald Avery was born in Halifax, son of Rev. Joseph and Elizabeth Avery; his father came to Halifax from England. Avery moved with his parents to New York in 1887 and was educated at Colgate (A.B., 1900) and … Read More

  Born:             30 October 1912, Sydney, Nova Scotia Died:              29 May 2001, Halifax, Nova Scotia Field:             Theoretical Physics     Though born in Sydney, Archibald grew up in Bridgetown, in the Annapolis Valley. He obtained his PhD from the University of Virginia in 1938. Part of his PhD work was published in a paper entitled “The complete solution of the … Read More