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Sir Byron Edmund Walker left his imprint on the financial, artistic, and intellectual development of Canada. A wizard of finance, skilled in the intricacies of exchange and international business, he molded a tiny bank into a national institution and was largely responsible for overhauling the Canadian banking system. Simultaneously ...
4. Juni 2008 · Sir Byron Edmund Walker, banker (b in Seneca Township, Haldimand County, Canada 14 Oct 1848; d at Toronto 27 Mar 1924). After leaving school at the age of 13, Walker entered his uncle's private banking business in Hamilton as a discount clerk. In 1868 he joined the
Sir Byron Edmund Walker was the driving force behind the campaign to found a world-class museum in Toronto. Born in 1848 on a farm in Haldimand County, Ontario, Edmund Walker left school at the age of 12 to enter the banking business. Curious about culture and science, he became a self-taught expert in many fields. In 1868, he joined the ...
Byron Edmund Walker, born in “the back woods” a half-day’s journey south of Hamilton, became a Canadian Medici and one of the most eminent personalities of his generation. He was the eldest son of an unremarkable family, the second of seven children. He claimed to owe his father “whatever qualities I may possess.”
Sir Byron Edmund Walker, CVO was a Canadian banker. He was the president of the Canadian Bank of Commerce from 1907 to 1924, and a generous patron of the arts, helping to found and nurture many of Canada's cultural and educational institutions, including the University of Toronto, National Gallery of Canada, the Champlain Society, Appleby ...
Walker, Byron Edmund. (1848-1924) Trinity College federation. Royal Commission on the Reorganization of the University 1905. Chairman of the Board of Governors of the University of Toronto (1910-1923) Chancellor of the University of Toronto (1923-1924) Co-founder of the Royal Ontario Museum. Founder, Champlain Society.
Sir Byron Edmund Walker, CVO (14 de octubre de 1848 - 27 de marzo de 1924) fue un banquero canadiense. Fue el presidente del Banco Canadiense de Comercio de 1907 a 1924, y un generoso mecenas de las artes, ayudando a fundar y nutrir muchas de las instituciones culturales y educativas de Canadá, incluyendo la Universidad de Toronto, la Galería ...
