Most students come to McGill University in their 20s to get an education. But not Miriam Tees. She was born in the 20s and just celebrated her 100th birthday.
Most students come to McGill University in their 20s to get an education. But not Miriam Tees. She was born in the 20s and just celebrated her 100th birthday.
Most students come to McGill University in their 20s to get an education. But not Miriam Tees. She was born in the 20s and just celebrated her 100th birthday.
By any measure, Ben Sperer was a tour de force: Just a few weeks after celebrating his 100th birthday at a virtual birthday party on zoom, the noted storyteller and self-taught historian succumbed to a brief illness and passed away on April 26 in Montreal.
Born in 1921 in Istanbul, Sperer is known as an intellectual tour de force, speaking seven languages and living a fascinating life that spanned continents, centuries and a panoply of world events.
From translating in World War II for a British Foreign office meeting between King George, then-Princess Elizabeth and the Turkish brass, to delivering a 2-hour virtual lecture at McGillâs Community for Lifelong Learning at age 99, Sperer made a profound mark.