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Clark, William G., 1902-1999
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William G. Clark was born in Aberdeen, Scotland on 29 October 1902. His family immigrated to Melbourne, Quebec in 1907 and then moved to Asbestos in 1908. He went to school in Asbestos and Richmond and began work with the Canadian Johns-Manville Corporation in 1922 as an apprentice in the machine shop. He remained with Johns-Manville until his retirement in 1967 and he died in Richmond on 17 August 1999. Over the years, William G. Clark collected printed material and many photographs on the history of the Asbestos region.