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Universally acknowledged to have transformed the post of Governor General, Adrienne Clarkson was born in Hong Kong in 1939 and came to Canada as a refugee with her parents William and Ethel Poy in 1942. They settled in Ottawa, where she attended public schools until graduating from Lisgar College Institute in 1956. She obtained an honours B.A. in English Literature from the University of Toronto’s Trinity College and later completed an M.A. Madame Clarkson has also had a life-long interest in the French language. She did post-graduate work at the Sorbonne in France and is fluently bilingual. | Universally acknowledged to have transformed the post of Governor General, Adrienne Clarkson was born in Hong Kong in 1939 and came to Canada as a refugee with her parents William and Ethel Poy in 1942. They settled in Ottawa, where she attended public schools until graduating from Lisgar College Institute in 1956. She obtained an honours B.A. in English Literature from the University of Toronto’s Trinity College and later completed an M.A. Madame Clarkson has also had a life-long interest in the French language. She did post-graduate work at the Sorbonne in France and is fluently bilingual. | ||
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Madame Clarkson is married to John Ralston Saul, the son of Colonel William John Saul, a veteran of World War II, who participated in the D-Day invasion and later served as an officer in Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry. Her bestselling memoir, Heart Matters, was received with acclaim when it was published in the fall of 2006. In March 2009 her biography of Dr. Norman Bethune appeared in the Extraordinary Canadians Series published by Penguin Canada. | Madame Clarkson is married to John Ralston Saul, the son of Colonel William John Saul, a veteran of World War II, who participated in the D-Day invasion and later served as an officer in Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry. Her bestselling memoir, Heart Matters, was received with acclaim when it was published in the fall of 2006. In March 2009 her biography of Dr. Norman Bethune appeared in the Extraordinary Canadians Series published by Penguin Canada. | ||
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