Robert Gilmour Leckie | |
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 Portrait of Leckie | |
| Born | 23 August 1833 |
| Died | 5 November 1914 (aged 81) |
| Citizenship | Canadian |
| Education | High School of Glasgow Glasgow Technical College |
| Occupation | Mining engineer |
| Spouses | Sarah Jane Plimsoll Edwards
(m. 1866; died 1893)Margaret Harriet Potter
(m. 1910) |
| Children | Robert Leckie (1869–1922) Alice Leckie (1870–1912) John Leckie (1872–1950) Margaret Leckie (1875–1940) Edith Leckie (1878–1976) Marion Leckie (b. 1879) Florence Leckie (~1880–1964) Dorothy Leckie (1889–1952) Phyllis Leckie (b. 1910) |
| Parent(s) | Robert Leckie (father) Margaret Gilmour (mother) |
Robert Gilmour Leckie (23 August 1833 – 5 November 1914) was a Scottish-born Canadian major who may almost be described as the father of mining engineering in Canada.[1] He had a long and professional career as a mining engineer in the Canadian provinces of Quebec, Nova Scotia and Ontario, during which time he had contributed technical articles to mining publications.[1][2]
- ^ a b "The Late Major R. G. Leckie". Bulletin of the Canadian Mining Institute (23). Canadian Mining Institute: 17, 18, 19. 1914.
- ^ Todd, Herbert George (1913), Armory and Lineages of Canada: Comprising the Lineage of Prominent and Pioneer Canadians with Descriptions and Illustrations of their Coat Armor, Orders of Knighthood, or other Official Insignia., Press of the Nyvall Print, pp. 52, 53, 55