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Ms. Francess G. Halpenny

  • Deceased

    • Toronto, Ontario, Canada

  • Deceased

    • Toronto, Ontario, Canada

    Order of Canada

    • Companion of the Order of Canada

      Awarded on: 1984-06-25
      Invested on: 1984-10-03
      A former Dean of Library Science at the University of Toronto, she came to prominence as a scholarly editor at the University Press. Her great achievement is the editing of the monumental Dictionary of Canadian Biography / Dictionnaire biographique du Canada which is universally recognized as a model of excellence.

    • Officer of the Order of Canada

      Awarded on: 1979-06-25
      Invested on: 1979-10-24
      Scholar and librarian, who has served on many national literary bodies, published numerous articles and been associated with the University of Toronto Press for nearly forty years, latterly as General Editor of the Dictionary of Canadian Biography.