Houston, James
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- Summary
- James Archibald Houston was a Canadian artist, designer, children's author and filmmaker who played an important role in the recognition of Inuit art and introduced printmaking to the Inuit. The Inuit named him Saumik, which means "the left-handed one". Wikipedia
- Gender or Sex
- Male [1][3][4][5][6]
- Unknown [2]
- Born
- 1921-06-12 [2][6]
- Birth Place
- Toronto [2]
- St. Catharines [6]
- Died
- 2005-04-17 [2][6]
- Death Place
- New London, Conn. [2]
- Country
- United States [2]
- Canada [2]
- Language
- English [3]
- Occupation
- writer [6]
- children's writer [6]
- Educated at
- OCAD University [6]
- Country of Education
- Canada [6]
- Encyclopædia Britannica
- Biography [6]
- Yale LUX
- Entity [6]
- British Museum person-institution thesaurus
- Entry [6]
- Oxford Reference
- Overview [6]
- Sources
- 1. VIAF
- 2. Deutsche Nationalbibliothek (Germany)
- 3. Bibliothèque nationale de France
- 4. Library of Congress
- 5. National Library of Korea
- 6. Wikidata
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