Althea Douglas

Althea Douglas
Rayuwa
Haihuwa	25 Disamba 1926
ƙasa	Kanada
Mutuwa	21 Oktoba 2018
Karatu
Makaranta	Branksome Hall (en) McGill University Digiri a kimiyya, M.A. (mul)
Sana'a
Sana'a	technical writer (en) , malamin jami'a, Mai zana kaya, edita, Ma'adani da genealogist (en)
Muhimman ayyuka	Althea Douglas Fonds (en) Althea Douglas Fonds (en)

Althea Douglas (1926-2018) masanin asalin Kanada ne, mai adana bayanai, mai bincike kuma marubuci wanda ya rubuta littattafai da yawa game da binciken tarihi da na asali. A cikin aikinta, Douglas ta gudanar da bincike don abin da zai zama Cibiyar Burney da Jami'ar McGill, marubuciya ce ta littattafan fasaha ga Kamfanin IMAX, kuma ta gudanar da kasuwancin ba da shawara na Toronto.

Rayuwa ta farko da ilimi

An haifi Douglas a ranar 25 ga Disamba, 1926, a Moncton, New Brunswick kuma ita ce kawai 'yar George E. da Anne "Nan" (née Chapman) McCoy . An haife ta a Toronto, ta halarci makarantar Branksome Hall kafin iyalinta su koma Montreal, inda ta shafe shekaru da yawa na rayuwarta. Ta sami B.Sc. (1947) da MA (1958) a Jami'ar McGill . Douglas ya auri J. Creighton Douglas a ranar 28 ga Fabrairu, 1948.

Ayyuka

Bayan kammala karatunsa Douglas ya yi aiki na shekaru goma a matsayin mai tsara kayan ado a Montreal da New York. Canjin aiki ya sauka ta a Jami'ar McGill, inda ta yi aiki a matsayin malami a Turanci (1947-1959) kuma a matsayin mai bincike a kan wani aikin da ya shafi abin da zai zama Cibiyar Burney. Daga baya ta yi aiki a matsayin mai adana bayanai daga 1978 zuwa 1981 a Dr. Wilder Penfield Collection a Cibiyar Nazarin Neurological ta Montreal . A wannan lokacin ta fara aiki a matsayin masanin asalin kuma a cikin 1989 Cibiyar Nazarin Tarihi ta Maritimes ta tabbatar da ita.

A shekara ta 1982 Douglas da mijinta suka koma Toronto, inda dukansu suka yi aiki ga IMAX. Douglas ya fara ne a matsayin ma'aikaci na ɗan lokaci wanda ke gyara littattafai masu mahimmanci, kuma a ƙarshe ya zama marubucin littattafai na musamman don amfani da fasahar IMAX a ƙasashe daban-daban bisa ga yanayin fasahar yankin. A matsayinta na ma'aikaci a IMAX, ta kasance mai karɓar AutoCAD na farko don sauƙaƙe amfani da zane-zane, da sabuntawa na gaba, a matsayin wani ɓangare na aikinta na fasaha. A waje da aiki, Douglas ya ci gaba da aikin adanawa da asali, ya kafa "Althea Douglas Consultants". Ɗaya daga cikin ayyukanta ya kunshi aiki ga Girl Guides of Canada don kafa tsarin tsari don ɗakunan ajiyar su, da haɓaka kundin littattafai da kayan aikin gano dijital.

Bayan ta koma Ottawa, Douglas ya sauya zuwa aiki a matsayin ƙwararren masanin binciken asali da kuma buga ayyuka da yawa ta hanyar Ontario Genealogical Society. Baya ga littattafanta, Canadian Railway Records - A Guide for Genealogists (1994) an rubuta ta tare da mijinta. A cikin bita na "Help! Na"ya gaji Attic Full of History", jagorar Douglas ga wadanda ba masu adana bayanai ba, Candice Vetter ta kira aikin "mai amfani da sauƙin bi" wanda ke dauke da "sha'awar da ke da muhimmanci ga talakawa".

Rayuwa da mutuwa daga baya

Kasuwancin shawarwari na Douglas ya rufe a shekarar 1991, a wannan lokacin ta koma Ottawa kuma ta ci gaba da aiki da rubutu a matsayin masanin asalin. Douglas ta mutu a ranar 21 ga Oktoba, 2018, a Ottawa, inda ta zauna a gidan ritaya tun 2015.