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Dr. Edgar Spinney Archibald

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Dr. Edgar Spinney Archibald

Birth
Yarmouth, Yarmouth County, Nova Scotia, Canada
Death
23 Jan 1968 (aged 82)
Ottawa, Ottawa Municipality, Ontario, Canada
Burial
Ottawa, Ottawa Municipality, Ontario, Canada Add to Map
Plot
Section 37
Memorial ID
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He was a Canadian agricultural scientist. He was the Director of the Dominion Experimental Farm between 1919 and 1950. Between 1951 and 1952, he was the Senior Food and Agriculture Organization Officer for the United Nations. From 1954 to 1955 he was the Agricultural Advisor to the Ethiopian Minister of Agriculture. In 1950 he was awarded an honorary Doctor of Laws from the University of Saskatchewan. In 1967 he was made a Companion of the Order of Canada. He was a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada. He was made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire.
He was a Canadian agricultural scientist. He was the Director of the Dominion Experimental Farm between 1919 and 1950. Between 1951 and 1952, he was the Senior Food and Agriculture Organization Officer for the United Nations. From 1954 to 1955 he was the Agricultural Advisor to the Ethiopian Minister of Agriculture. In 1950 he was awarded an honorary Doctor of Laws from the University of Saskatchewan. In 1967 he was made a Companion of the Order of Canada. He was a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada. He was made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire.

Inscription

In
Loving Memory of
Edgar Spinney Archibald
12 May 1885 - 29 Jan. 1968
His Beloved Wife
Linda Louise Moorman
26 Oct 1885 - 13 Nov. 1970

Phyllis Mary
29 June 1916 - 26 Dec. 1917

James Bennetto Moorman
1852 - 1932
His Wife
Sophie Donald
1859 - 1933



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