Canby is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
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Edward Canby
Edward Richard Sprigg Canby (November 9, 1817 – April 11, 1873) was a career United States Army officer and a Union general in the American Civil War.
In 1861–1862, Canby commanded the Department of New Mexico, defeating the Confederate Gene ...
(1817–1873), American general
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Henry Seidel Canby
Henry Seidel Canby (September 6, 1878 – April 5, 1961) was a critic, editor, and Yale University professor.
A scion of a Quaker family that arrived in Wilmington, Delaware, around 1740 and grew to regional prominence through milling and bu ...
(1878–1961), critic, editor, and Yale University professor
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James Canby James Canby (1781–1858) was an American businessman, banker and early railroad executive based in Wilmington, Delaware.
He was the son of Samuel and Frances Lea Canby. Samuel Canby was originally trained as a carpenter and cabinet maker and ...
(1781–1858), businessman and banker based in Wilmington, Delaware
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Louisa Hawkins Canby (1818–1889), wife of Edward Canby
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Richard S. Canby
Richard Sprigg Canby (September 30, 1808 – July 27, 1895) was a U.S. Representative from Ohio.
Born in Lebanon, Ohio, Canby completed preparatory studies.
He attended Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, from 1826 to 1828.
He engaged in mercantile ...
(1808–1895), U.S. Representative from Ohio
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Vincent Canby
Vincent Canby (July 27, 1924 – October 15, 2000) was an American film and theatre critic who served as the chief film critic for ''The New York Times'' from 1969 until the early 1990s, then its chief theatre critic from 1994 until his death in ...
(1924–2000), film critic
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William C. Canby Jr.
William Cameron Canby Jr. (born May 22, 1931) is a Senior United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, sitting in Phoenix, Arizona.
As both a professor at Arizona State University College of Law and ...
(born 1931), U.S. Court of Appeals senior judge
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William Marriott Canby
William Marriott Canby Sr. (1831–1904) was an American banker, business executive, philanthropist and botanist. He is famous as a leading expert on the flora of Delaware and the "eastern shore" region of Maryland and as an epistolary corresponde ...
(1831–1904), American financier and botanist
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