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SUMMARY:Friends of the B.C. Archives – “The De Cosmos Enigma”
URL:http://www.harbourliving.ca/event/friends-of-the-bc-archives-the-de-cosmos-enigma/
LOCATION:Royal BC Museum :: 675 Belleville Street Victoria, V8W 9W2
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:<p>Gordon Hawkin&rsquo;s new biography brings B.C.&rsquo;s second premier into focus by exploring the eccentric life of a bombastic visionary who arrived in Victoria in 1858, founded the British Colonist and battled for responsible government against Governor James Douglas.</p>=0D=0A=
<p>He championed BC&rsquo;s entry into confederation, playing a crucial role in the creation of present-day Canada. Yet at his death, and even today, he is hardly remembered. Gordon Hawkins has degrees from the London School of Economics and the University of Toronto.</p>=0D=0A=
<p>After his service in WWII in naval intelligence, he was presenter of the CBC&rsquo;s TV and radio discussion program Citizen&rsquo;s Forum. He has spent many years researching De Cosmos&rsquo;s life story. Image: Amor de Cosmos, photographed around 1875; second Premier of British Columbia. C-06116, RBCM/BC Archives</p>
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