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Edward Richard Sprigg Canby (November 9, 1817 – April 11, 1873) was a career United States Army officer and a Union general in the American Civil War. He served as ...
Henry Seidel Canby (September 6, 1878 – April 5, 1961) was a critic, editor, and Yale University professor. A scion of a Quaker family that arrived in Wilmington, Delaware , around 1740 and grew to regional prominence through milling and business affairs, [ 1 ] Henry Seidel Canby was a son of Edward T. Canby. [ 2 ]
Vincent Canby (July 27, 1924 – October 15, 2000) was an American film and theatre critic who was the chief film critic for The New York Times from 1969 until the early 1990s, then its chief theatre critic from 1994 until his death in 2000. He reviewed more than one thousand films during his tenure there.
Jeanny Vorys Canby (July 14, 1929 – November 18, 2007) was an American archaeologist and scholar of the ancient Near East. She is best known for her restoration of the Ur-Nammu stele. Early life
Louisa Hawkins Canby (December 25, 1818 – June 27, 1889), also known as the "Angel of Santa Fe", was a nurse during the American Civil War, and wife of Union soldier Brigadier General Edward Richard Sprigg Canby. Canby was a nurse for Confederate soldiers in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Before General Edward Canby ordered his troops to retreat from ...
William Marriott Canby Sr. (1831–1904) was an American banker, business executive, philanthropist and botanist. He is famous as a leading expert on the flora of Delaware and the "eastern shore" region of Maryland [ 3 ] [ 2 ] and as an epistolary correspondent with Charles Darwin concerning insectivorous plants .
Canby is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Edward Canby (1817–1873), American general; Henry Seidel Canby (1878–1961), critic, editor, and Yale University professor; James Canby (1781–1858), businessman and banker based in Wilmington, Delaware; Louisa Hawkins Canby (1818–1889), wife of Edward Canby
Howard C. Belton (January 2, 1893 – November 21, 1988) was an American farmer from the state of Oregon.A native of Algona, Iowa, he served as the nineteenth Treasurer of the State of Oregon after appointment by Oregon Governor Mark O. Hatfield.