Theodosia Mary Dawes Bond (1915 – October 27, 2009) was a Canadian art collector and amateur photographer living in

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. She was also known as Theodosia Dawes Bond Thornton. The daughter of Rachel Mary Dawes and F. Lorne Campbell Bond, vice-president of Canadian National Railway for eastern Canada, she was born in

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, and studied at the

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. She was a member of the Montreal Camera Club and an associate of the Royal Photographic Society. Bond was mainly interested in photographing plant life and landscapes. She married Robert Buchanan Thornton. The couple collected art, being particularly interested in the

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. Bond died in Montreal at the age of 93.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Bond, Theodosia 1915 births 2009 deaths Artists from Montreal Canadian women photographers Canadian expatriates in the United States