Leonoff, Cyril E. (Cyril Edel), 1925-2016
URI(s)
Fuller Name
- Cyril Edel
Variants
- Leonoff, Cyril Edel
Additional Information
Birth Date
- 1925-02-22
Death Date
- 2016-04-07
Has Affiliation
- Organization: University of Manitoba
- Organization: University of Washington
Has Affiliation
- Organization: Engineering Institute of Canada
Birth Place
- Winnipeg (Man.)
Field of Activity
(lcsh) Jews--Canada, Western--History
Occupation
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Earlier Established Forms
- Leonoff, Cyril Edel
Sources
- found: The Jewish farmers of western Canada, c1984:t.p. (Cyril Edel Leonoff)
- found: Bridges of light, 1997:title page (Cyril E. Leonoff)
- found: The rise of Jewish life and religion in British Columbia, 1858-1948, 2008:t.p. (Cyril E. Leonoff)
- found: Vancouver sun, 16 April 2016, online, viewed 9 February 2017(Cyril Edel Leonoff; Cyril E. Leonoff, professional engineer and historian, died in Vancouver, British Columbia on April 7, 2016; born on February 22, 1925, in Winnipeg, Manitoba; graduated from the University of Manitoba in 1949 with a bachelor's degree in civil engineering and the University of Washington in 1952 with a master's degree in civil engineering; co-founded an engineering firm in Vancouver that grew internationally, and was one of the earliest practitioners in British Columbia of geotechnical engineering; retired in 1985 to devote himself to researching and writing on British Columbia's history; established in 1970 the Jewish Historical Society of British Columbia and served as president of the Vancouver Historical Society; inducted as a Fellow of the Engineering Institute of Canada in 2000 and received the Association of Canadian Jewish Studies Distinguished Service Award in 2007)
- found: Amicus database, 9 February 2017(authorized access point: Leonoff, Cyril Edel)
Instance Of
Scheme Membership(s)
Collection Membership(s)
Change Notes
- 1986-06-27: new
- 2017-03-07: revised
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