Ānanda Āchārya was born on December 29, 1881.
He was an Indian mystic, poet, philosopher, pacifist, and professor known as “the sage on Mt. Tron.” In 1917, he settled in a hut on Mt. Tron, Alvdal, Norway, where he meditated and wrote most of his books. Ānanda Āchārya was the first Indian yogi and sannyasi with an academic background who came to the Nordic countries to present Indian philosophy to the Western World. He wrote more than thirty titles, covering a variety of themes and genres, including lyrics, songs, dramas, allegories, specialist literature dealing with philosophy and spirituality, and a cookery book. He wrote mostly in English, though some works were published in Norwegian and Swedish. He addressed much of his writing to the general reader rather than the specialist. His most prominent idea, which he carried with him from India, is about the University of Peace.
He died on May 8, 1945, in Alvdal Municipality, Norway.
Dr. Eva Deutsch Andermann is a prominent Canadian neurologist and geneticist, recognized for her extensive research into the genetic factors underlying epilepsy and rare neurological disorders. She is a Professor at McGill University in the Departments of Neurology, Neurosurgery, and Human Genetics. She maintained a 54-year professional and personal partnership with her late husband, Frederick Andermann (1930-2019), a world-renowned epileptologist. She has collaborated on major studies examining mutations associated with tuberous sclerosis, corticoid dysplasias, and other neuronal migration disorders, including Batten disease. Dr. Andermann has also provided genetic counselling to families affected by epilepsy and researched the teratogenic effects of anti-epileptic drugs, demonstrating the protective role of folate supplementation before pregnancy. In collaboration with colleagues, she has studied the neuropsychological development of school-age children of mothers with epilepsy. Dr. Andermann has been honoured internationally for her contributions to neurogenetics and was a featured speaker at symposia dedicated to her and her husband's work. She is the daughter of Mina Kimmel and Leon Deutsch.
Dr. Frederick Andermann was born on September 26, 1930, in Czernowitz, Bukovina (then Romania, now Chernivtsi, Ukraine).
He was a Canadian neurologist, epileptologist, professor, and author. When the area he lived in was annexed by the Soviet Union in 1940, his family fled to Bucharest. Later, they lived in Switzerland, Vienna, and Paris. In 1950, they immigrated to Montreal, where Dr. Andermann studied medicine at the Université de Montréal and neurology at the Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital. He became a professor at the Departments of Neurology and Neurosurgery and Pediatrics at McGill University and the director of the Epilepsy Unit and Clinic of the Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital. He was a founding member and president of the Canadian League Against Epilepsy, the Canadian Neurological Society, the Canadian Society for Clinical Neurophysiology, and the Canadian Association of Child Neurologists. He worked closely with his wife Eva (also a neurologist). He showed a remarkable ability to identify rare neurological syndromes, assemble multidisciplinary teams of researchers, and provide patients and families with hope for treatment. The results of his inquiries have been published in nine books and over 500 scientific papers. The Andermanns were also credited with having described a rare genetically inherited neurological condition associated with agenesis of the corpus callosum and peripheral neuropathy, now known as Andermann Syndrome. Dr. Andermann has been recognized for his outstanding achievements. He was the recipient of numerous awards and prizes, e.g. an Officer of the Order of Canada and the Order of Quebec and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada.
In 1965, he married Dr. Eva Deutsch. He died on June 16, 2019, in Montreal, Quebec.
James Meschter Anders was born on July 22, 1854, in Fairview Village, Pennsylvania.
He was an American physician and author. He studied medicine at the University of Pennsylvania (M.D., 1877; PhD.). From 1892 to 1918, he was Professor of Medicine and Clinical Medicine at the Medico-Chirurgical College, which became the Graduate School of Medicine of the University of Pennsylvania. He was active in several hospitals in Philadelphia. In 1900, Dr. Anders was elected Chair of the Medical Section of the American Medical Association, and in 1908, became the President of the International Congress on Tuberculosis. Dr. Anders is the author of the books, "House-plants as sanitary agents" (1887) and "Textbook of medical diagnosis" (1911). He was awarded Chevalier of the Legion of Honour in France in 1923.
In 1903, he married Margaret Gertrude Wunderlich (1876-1952). He died on August 29, 1936, in Blue Hill Falls, Maine.
Alexander Anderson was born in 1836 in Aberdeen, Scotland.
He was a Canadian educator and administrator. In 1854, he won a scholarship to Moray House Training College for teachers in Edinburgh and later entered the University of Edinburgh, where he won gold medals in mathematics, natural philosophy, and chemistry. He immigrated to Prince Edward Island in 1862 to take the position of second professor at Prince of Wales College in Charlottetown. There, among other duties, Anderson trained students studying for their Third-Class Teaching licence, which was the highest teaching degree offered at Prince of Wales College. In 1868, he became Principal of Prince of Wales College, and he instituted many changes to the curriculum, particularly in the sciences. In 1879, the government decided to save money by amalgamating Prince of Wales and the Normal School, and Anderson became its first Principal. He remained with Prince of Wales College until 1902, when he was appointed Superintendent of Education for the Island. His dedication to education was apparent over his many years of service. He fostered the development of countless teachers, professors, and administrators and turned Prince of Wales into an institution recognized by some of the best universities on the continent. He retired in 1912 and moved to Halifax with his wife to live with their daughter.
In 1862, he married Catherine Stewart Robertson. He died on January 13, 1925, in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
Beryl Lapham Anderson was born on April 15, 1925, in Nova Scotia.
She was a Canadian educator and librarian. She earned her B.A. (1946) and M.A. (1949) in classics from Dalhousie University. She began her teaching career in Quebec and Nova Scotia (1946-1949). She was a lecturer in Classics at Dalhousie University from 1950 to 1955 before graduating from McGill University (B.L.S., 1956) and becoming Associate Professor at its Graduate Library School (1956-1973). In 1973, Anderson was appointed Chief of the Library Documentation Centre of the National Library of Canada. In 1980, she received her PhD. from Walden University, Minneapolis, Minnesota. Her major research and publishing work has been in the field of special libraries. Anderson was a long-time member of the Canadian Library Association, the Archaeological Institute of America, the Canadian Institute in Greece and Friends of the Central Experimental Farm, Ottawa, where she volunteered for many years. She enjoyed several trips to excavation sites in Greece and Turkey with the Archaeological Institute.
She died on May 6, 2020, in Ottawa, Ontario.
Bruce Anderson is an architect who studied at McGill (B.Arch. 1964) and at Harvard. He is a member of the Order of Architects of Quebec and a Fellow of the Royal Architecture Institute of Canada. His firm, Anderson Architects (Westmount, QC), was established in 1983. He is an Emeritus Professor of Architecture, McGill University.
Cardwell Ross Anderson was born in Toronto in 1927. He received his undergraduate and graduate degrees in architecture from the University of Toronto in 1952 and 1956. From 1956 to 1963 he practiced architecture in Toronto and the United States. From 1958 to 1961 he taught at the University of Kansas. From 1963 to 1972 he taught at the School of Architecture, Laval University. He was very interested in the preservation of architecture and thus was involved as Coordinating Restoration Architect from 1971-74 at the Acadian Village and in 1971 at King's Landing, both in New Brunswick. From 1975-91 he was Senior Restoration Architect for Canada Parcs Services, Environment Canada.
Cardwell Ross Anderson est né à Toronto en 1927. En 1952, il obtient son B.Sc. (Arch.) de l'Université de Toronto et en 1956, sa maîtrise en architecture de la même université. De 1956 à 1963, il exerce sa profession d'architecte à Toronto et aux États-Unis. De 1958 à 1961, il enseigne à l'Université du Kansas. De 1963 à 1972, il a enseigné à l'Ecole d'architecture de l'Université Laval. Il s'est beaucoup intéressé à la conservation du patrimoine architectural. C'est ainsi que, de 1971 à 1974, il travailla au Village acadien et à King's Landing au Nouveau-Brunswick en tant qu'architecte-coordonnateur de restauration. De 1975 à 1991, il fut architecte principal de restauration aux Services des parcs canadiens, Environnement Canada.
