Herbert Ames
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Herbert Ames
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Sir Herbert Brown Ames was a Canadian businessman, philanthropist and politician. Ames was born in Montreal as the only son of Evan Fisher Ames and Caroline Matilda Brown. Ames inherited the family shoe company and later worked in insurance but used much of his fortune to help the poor and fight corruption. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Amherst College in 1885. He helped organize the Volunteer Electoral League and became alderman in Montreal in 1898 and served until 1906. He became
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Canadian politician
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2024-04-15T21:34:04Z
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