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Everard Butler
Everard Burnside Butler (December 28, 1885 – November 23, 1958) was a Canadians, Canadian rower who won a bronze medal in the single sculls at the 1912 Summer Olympics. Butler started training in rowing in 1908, and next year won his first junior race. By 1910 he rowed as a senior in the United States and Canada, and in 1911 won two US national titles, in the single sculls and quarter-mile dash. He defended those titles in 1912, and won the quarter-mile dash again in 1914. Butler fought in World War I with the 12th Artillery Brigade, and suffered extensive injuries in a mustard gas attack in France. Consequently, after the war he retired from major rowing competitions and worked as an accountant. He returned to the army during World War II and served with the 48th Highlanders and Royal Canadian Ordnance Corps. References External links * 1885 births 1958 deaths Canadian male rowers Olympic rowers for Canada Rowers at the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toronto
Toronto ( ; or ) is the capital city of the Canadian province of Ontario. With a recorded population of 2,794,356 in 2021, it is the most populous city in Canada and the fourth most populous city in North America. The city is the anchor of the Golden Horseshoe, an urban agglomeration of 9,765,188 people (as of 2021) surrounding the western end of Lake Ontario, while the Greater Toronto Area proper had a 2021 population of 6,712,341. Toronto is an international centre of business, finance, arts, sports and culture, and is recognized as one of the most multicultural and cosmopolitan cities in the world. Indigenous peoples have travelled through and inhabited the Toronto area, located on a broad sloping plateau interspersed with rivers, deep ravines, and urban forest, for more than 10,000 years. After the broadly disputed Toronto Purchase, when the Mississauga surrendered the area to the British Crown, the British established the town of York in 1793 and later designat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
