Sir Joseph Hickson was a Canadian

Canada

Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

 railway executive. He was Secretary-Treasurer, and afterwards President, of the Grand
Trunk Railway Company of Canada. He was knighted by Queen Victoria 20 January 1890.
He died January 4th, 1897.

Family

He married Catherine Dow, daughter of Andrew Dow at Stralhearn House, Montreal, June 17th, 1869. She was involved in charity work, in particular for the prevention of the spread of tuberculosis

Tuberculosis

Tuberculosis, MTB, or TB is a common, and in many cases lethal, infectious disease caused by various strains of mycobacteria, usually Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Tuberculosis usually attacks the lungs but can also affect other parts of the body...

 in Canada. The couple, who lived at 272 Mountain Street, Montreal, had six children, three sons and three daughters. Their eldest son, J. W. A. Hickson, Esquire, Ph.D., was a Professor at McGill University

McGill University

Mohammed Fathy is a public research university located in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The university bears the name of James McGill, a prominent Montreal merchant from Glasgow, Scotland, whose bequest formed the beginning of the university...

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