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Paul Giovanni Wickson

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Paul Giovanni Wickson

Birth
Toronto, Toronto Municipality, Ontario, Canada
Death
2 Sep 1922 (aged 63)
Paris, Brant County Municipality, Ontario, Canada
Burial
Paris, Brant County Municipality, Ontario, Canada GPS-Latitude: 43.1863883, Longitude: -80.3911883
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Canadian artist. Graduate of South Kensington School of Art, 1878, with the Queen's silver National Medal for Success in Art. His March of Civilization was used (in a reverse view) on the Northern Bank of Winnipeg's $5 bill issued Nov. 1, 1905. His career included many works for the Osborne Calendar Company of Newark, N.J., book illustrations and a number of other pieces relevant to the Boer and First World Wars.

Son of English parents Rev. Arthur Wickson and Mary Ann Selby (Thomas) Wickson.

Married Canadian Elizabeth Hamilton, whom he had met in England, on June 18, 1884 in Brant Co., Ontario.

Father of Lilian Hamilton Wickson and Norman Hamilton Wickson.
Canadian artist. Graduate of South Kensington School of Art, 1878, with the Queen's silver National Medal for Success in Art. His March of Civilization was used (in a reverse view) on the Northern Bank of Winnipeg's $5 bill issued Nov. 1, 1905. His career included many works for the Osborne Calendar Company of Newark, N.J., book illustrations and a number of other pieces relevant to the Boer and First World Wars.

Son of English parents Rev. Arthur Wickson and Mary Ann Selby (Thomas) Wickson.

Married Canadian Elizabeth Hamilton, whom he had met in England, on June 18, 1884 in Brant Co., Ontario.

Father of Lilian Hamilton Wickson and Norman Hamilton Wickson.


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