Arthur James Nesbitt

Canadian businessman (1880–1954)

Arthur James Nesbitt (19 August 1880 – 24 October 1954) was a Canadian businessman and philanthropist. He was a cofounder of Nesbitt, Thomson and Company stockbrokerage and the Power Corporation of Canada.2

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Born Aug 19, 1880, died Oct 24, 1954.1

Companies

Career

Occupation: stockbroker, businessperson.4

Personal life

  • BornAug 19, 1880, Saint John5
  • DiedOct 24, 1954, Montreal6
  • CitizenshipCanada7

By 1910, he was married with two sons and had purchased a home in the Westmount area of Montreal.

On his death in 1954, Nesbitt was interred in the Mount Royal Cemetery in Montreal. In 1989 his grandson A.R. Deane Nesbitt published his life story, Dry Goods & Pickles: The Story of Nesbitt, Thomson.

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Philanthropy

Arthur Nesbitt supported various benevolent causes, including a gift to the hospital in his New Brunswick hometown to build a tuberculosis sanitarium for children, in memory of his parents.

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