Alexander Kennedy Isbister was born at Cumberland House, Rupert's Land. He was an HBC employee in his early career and later was a lawyer and an educational writer and author of many school books.
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Born: June 1822, Cumberland House, Canada
Died: May 28, 1883 (age 60 years), Islington, London, United Kingdom
Books: A Proposal for a New Penal Settlement, in Connexion with the Colonization of the Uninhabited Districts of British North America, A Few Words on the Hudson's Bay Company: With a Statement of the Grievances of the Native and Half-caste Indians, Addressed to the British Government Through Their Delegates Now in London, First book of arithmetic, and more