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Born 6 February 1930, in Vancouver, British Columbia, Allan King is one of Canada's leading filmmakers.The son of John Owen and Kathleen Mary (Keegan) King, he graduated from the University of British Columbia, with a B.A. in Philosophy, in 1954. His career spans four decades and every genre except animation. Retrospectives of his work have been shown in Montréal 1961, London 1970 and 1984, Rome 1983, Cinematheque Ontario 1995.

As an independent filmmaker, he was responsible for the documentary SKIDROW (1956); THE YUKONERS (1956); DREAMS (1956); PEMBERTON VALLEY (1957); and RICKSHAW (1960), which won awards at both the Leipzig and Vancouver Film Festivals the following year. After forming "Allan King Associates Ltd.", he opened a studio in London, England ("Allan King Associates England Ltd.") in 1961. It pioneered the then novel techniques of cinéma vérité and "direct cinema". By the mid-sixties he moved toward a genre he describes as "actuality drama," shaping spontaneous action into dramatic form to explore personal experience. The first was WARRENDALE, a film about emotionally disturbed children. It won the Priz d'art et d'essai at Cannes in 1967. It also shared the British Academy's Best Foreign Film Award and the New York Critics' Award in 1968.

In the decade from 1974 to 1984, his credits included the television dramas A BIRD IN THE HOUSE, which won four Canadian Film Awards; BAPTISING, which won the Best Drama Award at the Yoletin Festival; RED EMMA; SIX WAR YEARS; READY FOR SLAUGHTER, which was a winner at the Banff Film Festival; and WHO'S IN CHARGE?, that was shown by invitation at the Landon Film Festival; and the dramatic feature film (his first), WHO HAS SEEN THE WIND, in 1976. It won the Grand Prix at the Paris International Film Festival and the Golden Reel Award for the highest grossing Canadian film of the year. In 1978, his ONE NIGHT STAND won four Canadian Film Awards including Best TV Drama; and SILENCE OF THE NORTH..

In 1988 King was given the Ontario Film Institute Award for Excellence in Canadian Cinema. 1998 saw Allan King awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award from Hot Docs, the Canadian international documentary festival, in recognition for his long and distinguished career. In 2000 he received the Directors Guild of Canada’s Distinguished Service Award and the Arts Toronto Lifetime Achievement Award. In 2002 "Warrendale" was denoted a masterwork by the AV Preservation Trust.

Allan King was married to Patricia Watson (30 June 1970), and they have two children, a daughter, Maggie Amarita; and a son, Robert Alexnader. Allan King alos has a daughter (Anna Augosta) by a previous marriage (Phyllis April Leiterman, 10 May 1952). He passed away at age 79 , June 15, 2009.

Geoffrey King was a student in the School of Mining at Queen's University.

Mary Perry King (1865 – May 21, 1939) was the author of "Earth Deities and Other Rhythmic Masques," "Daughters of dawn" and "A lyrical pageant or series of historic scenes for presentation with music and dancing" with Bliss Carman, and of "Comfort and exercise; an essay toward normal conduct alone." A native of Oswego, NY, King was the wife of Dr. Morris L. King, head of the medical department of the New York Life Insurance company. For many years she was one of the leading proponents of oral rhythmics in the United States, and was instructor in teaching speech and posture to many leading actors and world figures prominent at the beginning of the 20th century. She had also appeared on stages herself, in her younger days, with William Gillette. In 1896 King met Bliss Carman, and she became the greatest and longest-lasting female influence in Carman's life.

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R.B. King was a student in the School of Mining at Queen's University.

R.P. King was an illustrator based in Ottawa.

William Lyon Mackenzie King, Prime Minister of Canada, a grandson of William Lyon Mackenzie, was born in Kitchener (then Berlin), Ontario, 17 December 1874. He attended the University of Toronto (B.A., LL.B., M.A.), the University of Chicago, and Harvard University (M.A., Ph.D.). His field of study was Political Economy, with labour problems as his special interest. In 1900, he was appointed the first Deputy Minister of Labour and editor of the Labour Gazette. In 1908, he resigned to enter the House of Commons and in 1909 he entered the cabinet as the first Minister of Labour. He left politics after his defeat in the election of 1911 and from 1914 to 1917, he worked for the Rockefeller Foundation investigating industrial relations. He re-entered politics in 1919 after he was chosen leader of the Liberal Party. At the end of 1921, he became Prime Minister and held the post (with the exception of three months in 1926) until his party's defeat in the election of 1930.
William Lyon Mackenzie King was Leader of the Opposition until October 1935 when the Liberals came back into power. From that time he was Prime Minister until he retired on 15 November 1948. Mackenzie King had a long political career. He was leader of the Liberal Party for 29 eventful years through the buoyant expansion of the 1920s, the depression of the 1930s, the shock of World War II, and then the post-war reconstruction, and for 21 of these years he was Canada's prime minister. He died 22 July 1950 at his Kingsmere estate.

Mr. G.M. Kinghorn was one of the most extensive grain buyers in the City of Kingston. He was resposible for the wharf located at the foot of Brock street. He had the wharf constructed as a convenience for the arrival and departure of the Wolfe Island and Cape Vincent Ferry steamers. In addition, Mr. Kinghorn was also the agent for the Ottawa and Montreal Forwarding Company.

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The Kingston & District Minor Lacrosse Association was formed in 1969, with the objective to foster, promote and teach amateur lacrosse.