Biographical data

Biographical Data
Outram, Richard Daley Photo Credit: Unknown

Biographical Data

Outram, Richard Daley

Photo Credit: Unknown

Title	Naval Cadet (UNTD) (RCN(R))
Official Number	U-57720

Birth	09/04/1930	Death	21/01/2005
Place	Oshawa	Place	(nk)
Area	ON	Area	(nk)
Country	Canada	Country	(nk)

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Qualifications	BA;

Biography
In 1953 he graduated from the University of Toronto with a BA (English and Philosophy). worked with the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) as a television stagehand for a year, then he moved to London, England, where he worked as a television stagehand for the British Broadcasting Corporation between 1955 and 1956. Outram went back to work with the CBC, first, again, as a television stagehand, then as a stage crew foreman, a position he held until early retirement at the age of sixty in 1990. He was a Canadian poet. Often regarded as a poet's poet, he wrote eleven commercially published books of poetry in addition to the many collections of poetry and prose published under the imprint of the Gauntlet Press. In 1999 he won the City of Toronto Book Award for his sequence of poems Benedict Abroad.

Biography

In 1953 he graduated from the University of Toronto with a BA (English and Philosophy). worked with the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) as a television stagehand for a year, then he moved to London, England, where he worked as a television stagehand for the British Broadcasting Corporation between 1955 and 1956. Outram went back to work with the CBC, first, again, as a television stagehand, then as a stage crew foreman, a position he held until early retirement at the age of sixty in 1990. He was a Canadian poet. Often regarded as a poet's poet, he wrote eleven commercially published books of poetry in addition to the many collections of poetry and prose published under the imprint of the Gauntlet Press. In 1999 he won the City of Toronto Book Award for his sequence of poems Benedict Abroad.

Military Service
He was appointed as a Naval Cadet (UNTD) RCN(R) (With seniority dated 17/01/1951). He served in HMCS York for UNTD 1949-1951. He served in HMCS Stadacona for Training. He served in HMCS Fundy for Sea Training. (He was released.)

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References
Government of Canada The Canadian Navy List Ottawa ON; Bill Clearihue (Nominal List UNTD); http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Outram; http://v1.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20050201.OBOUTRAM01/BDAStory/BDA/deaths;
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2015-01-28 00:00:00

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