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William Dunlop, "Tiger," journalist, politician (b at Greenock, Scot 1792; d at Lachine, Canada E 1848). Dunlop was one of the most colourful figures of the 1820s and 1830s in UPPER CANADA. He first came to Canada in 1813 as a military physician, but a few years later went to India, where he edited a Bombay newspaper, and then returned to England. In 1826 he re-emerged as a bureaucrat of the CANADA COMPANY, resigning some years later after charging the company with neglect of settlers' rights. But while still in its employ he wrote Statistical Sketches of Upper Canada (1832) to try to lure more immigrants. He also wrote Recollections of the American War, 1812-14. Two and Twenty Years Ago (1859), a novel about the 1837 uprising, has sometimes been attributed to him as well. At the time of his death, he was superintendent of the Lachine Canal. Dunlop has often caught the sustained attention of Canadian historians and there are several biographies of him.
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