McGill Library
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Identity area
Type of entity
Person
Authorized form of name
Amaron, R.C.
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Description area
Dates of existence
1901-1992
History
Maurice Robert Campbell Amaron was born on September 5, 1901, in Montreal, Quebec.
He was a high school French teacher and organist. He graduated from Queens University (B.A.). He worked as a Supervisor of French at the Protestant School Board. Amaron played the organ and sang in the Chalmers-Wesley Church Choir in Quebec City for many years. He was nicknamed "Holy.” In 1946, he co-authored the book “Le Français pratique” authorized for use in the Protestant Schools of Quebec.
In 1934, he married Dorothy Anderson Burrell (1902–1997). He died on April 14, 1992, in Quebec City, Quebec.