1. Harold Mortimer-Lamb was an Anglo-Canadian mining engineer, journalist, photographer, and artist perhaps best known for championing the Group of Seven in the 1920s.
18 Facts About Harold Mortimer-Lamb
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Harold Mortimer-Lamb was the father of New Brunswick artist Molly Lamb Bobak.
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Harold Mortimer-Lamb was born in Leatherhead, Surrey, England on 21 May 1872.
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Harold Mortimer-Lamb immigrated to Canada in 1889, settling in British Columbia.
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Harold Mortimer-Lamb began his career as a farmhand, then became a layreader for an Anglican Church.
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Harold Mortimer-Lamb met and married Katherine Mary Lindsay in 1896, and had six children with her - one which was stillborn and one which died in infancy.
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At some point in their stay in Montreal, Harold Mortimer-Lamb experienced a mental-health crisis of some kind and resigned his position with the Canadian Mining Institute, wishing to return to BC; they instead instituted a transfer to the West Coast with a leave of absence.
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In 1942, Harold Mortimer-Lamb married Vera Weatherbie, a muse of Frederick Varley's and a school friend of Molly's.
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Harold Mortimer-Lamb was 70 and Vera 33 at the time; this marriage lasted 28 years, until Harold Mortimer-Lamb's death at the age of 99.
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Harold Mortimer-Lamb did become interested in photography early on, specializing in soft focus romantic portraits.
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Harold Mortimer-Lamb worked for the Bureau of Information for the BC Government.
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Harold Mortimer-Lamb became Secretary-Treasurer of the Provincial Mining Association of BC; Secretary of the Canadian Mining Institute and served on the staff of the Department of Mines in Ottawa.
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Harold Mortimer-Lamb was the founding editor of the British Columbia Mining Record.
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Harold Mortimer-Lamb was appointed Secretary of the Canadian Mining Institute in the early 1900s which required him to relocate to Montreal.
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Harold Mortimer-Lamb organized the first major Canadian exhibition of Pictorialist photography in 1907 with Sidney Carter.
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Harold Mortimer-Lamb was eventually elected an Honorary Fellow of the Royal Photographic Society and a member of The Linked Ring.
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Harold Mortimer-Lamb's daughter was Molly Lamb Bobak, a well-known Canadian artist, and Canada's first woman war artist.
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Harold Mortimer-Lamb died in Burnaby, BC on 25 October 1970.