Alexander Muir

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Alexander Muir
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Alexander Muir (5 April 1830 near Lanark – 26 June 1906) was a songwriter, poet and school headmaster in the township of Scarborough, Ontario. A immigrant to Canada from his native Scotland, Muir's claim to fame was the song The Maple Leaf Forever, composed in 1867 to celebrate the Confederation of Canada. He was the principal of Leslieville Public School and lived at 60 Churchill Avenue in Toronto.

[edit] External links

• Alexander Muir at The Canadian Encyclopedia
• Biography at the Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online
• Article on Maple Cottage, Leslieville (Toronto) and "The Maple Leaf Forever"
• The Maple Leaf Forever MP3
• The Maple Leaf Forever MIDI File
• The Maple Leaf Forever Johnson, Edward, 1878-1959

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