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Reverend John Gough Brick (28 March 1836 – 13 December 1897)〔(Rev. John Gough Brick, b: 1836 - Upton on Severn, England )〕 was an English-Canadian Anglican missionary. He revealed the possibilities of growing wheat in Peace River Country, becoming the first man to seriously start agriculture in the area.〔(Brick, Reverend John Gough National Historic Person )〕〔(Rev. John Gough Brick )〕 ==Life== John Gough Brick was born on March 28, 1836 in Upton-upon-Severn to Benjamin Brick and Mary Morris.〔 He married Emma Marie Newsome on February 21, 1861 at the Elim Chapel in Fetter Lane. With her he had nine children.〔 One of his sons became the first farmer in Peace River to grow wheat commercially.〔http://www.calverley.ca/Part09-Churches/9-06.html〕 In 1882, Brick came to Western Canada for the Church of England to take over the Anglican mission at Fort Dunvegan. In 1887, he would found an Anglican Mission in Shaftesbury Settlement eventually starting a mission farm.〔 During the winter of 1892 a sample of his Red Fife〔(The Glenbow Museum > Archives Photographs Search Results )〕 wheat was sent to the Dominion Department of Agriculture, in Ottawa, which was placed in the Dominion exhibit at the World’s Fair at Chicago. The sample won first prize, the government currently holds the medal for the award.〔 He died on December 13, 1897 in New York, New York.〔(John Gough Brick )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「John Gough Brick」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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