About John Gough Brick
Lived 1836 – 1897 (aged 61). John Gough Brick was a British missionary and anglican.
John Gough Brick (28 March 1836 – 13 December 1897) was an English-Canadian Anglican missionary. He revealed the possibilities of growing wheat in Peace River Country, becoming the first man to seriously start agriculture in the area.
Life John Gough Brick was born on 28 March 1836 in Upton-upon-Severn to Benjamin Brick and Mary Morris.
In 1882, Brick came to Western Canada for the Church of England to take over the Anglican mission at Fort Dunvegan. In 1887, he would found an Anglican Mission in Shaftesbury Settlement eventually starting a mission farm. wheat was sent to the Dominion Department of Agriculture, in Ottawa, which was placed in the Dominion exhibit at the World's Fair at Chicago. The sample won first prize, the government currently holds the medal for the award.
Significance On 7 June 1954, the Canadian government placed Brick on the list of Persons of National Historic Significance.
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Who was John Gough Brick?
British-Canadian Anglican missionary (1836-1897)
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John Gough Brick was born on 28 March 1836 in Upton upon Severn.
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John Gough Brick died on 13 December 1897.
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John Gough Brick was a missionary and anglican.
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John Gough Brick was British.
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