Phyllis McKie
Phyllis Gertrude McKie, Lady McKie was a Canadian historian and photographer from Montreal who died in 1983. She was born Phyllis Ross but became Phyllis Birks in 1929 upon her marriage to Gerald Walker Birks, a son of the Montreal businessman Henry Birks. She was widowed, and upon her second marriage, in 1956 to the musician Sir William McKie, she became Lady McKie.
Phyllis McKie
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- 1929
- Died
- 1983
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- Canada
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- photographer
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Phyllis Gertrude McKie, Lady McKie was a Canadian historian and photographer from Montreal who died in 1983. She was born Phyllis Ross but became Phyllis Birks in 1929 upon her marriage to Gerald Walker Birks, a son of the Montreal businessman Henry Birks. She was widowed, and upon her second marriage, in 1956 to the musician Sir William McKie, she became Lady McKie.
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Born in 1929, died in 1983.
Phyllis McKie (1929–1983) was a Canadian photographer.
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Phyllis McKie died on 12 January 1983.
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- 1.Australian Dictionary of Biography: Sir William McKie. Retrieved 21 April 2018
- 2.Société Jersiaise - Jersey History, Culture, Language & Environment.
- 3.Redirecting to ArchiveSearch.
- 4.Maritime History On-line Catalogue
- 5.Lady McKie.
- 6.Collections Canada
- 7.Archived copy.
- 8.ARCHIVES CANADA. www.archivescanada.ca.
- 9.Gurewitsch, Matthew. A Long Way from Boy Chorister. The New York Times. 5 November 2010.
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