George Weaver

George Weaver is the name of:

George Weaver (politician)

George Dyer Weaver (16 September 1908 – 7 May 1986) was a Liberal party member of the Canadian House of Commons. Born in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, he was a metallurgical engineer by career.

Weaver was born in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan. He trained for his engineering career at the Royal Military College of Canada, then served in South Africa's army between 1942 and 1944. From there, he joined the Royal Canadian Corps of Signals until October 1945, serving as a lieutenant.

He was first elected to Parliament at the Churchill riding in the 1949 general election after an unsuccessful campaign there in 1945. Weaver was re-elected for successive terms in 1949 and 1953 then defeated in the 1957 election by Robert Simpson of the Progressive Conservative party.

Weaver died on 7 May 1986 and is buried in Melfort, Saskatchewan at Mount Pleasant Cemetery

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George Weaver (educator)

George Augustus Weaver (November, 1871 - January 20, 1939) was a physician, surgeon, and educator. His contributions to the education of black students led to a library being named in his honor in Tuscaloosa.

George Weaver was born in 1872, the son of Lawrence and Lucy Elizabeth Weaver of Tuscaloosa, Alabama. Lawrence Weaver was a blacksmith, businessman and landowner as well as a trustee for the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church of Tuscaloosa. He was the father of six children and sent all of them to college. George Augustus Weaver was his oldest child and graduated from Talladega College in 1892.

George Weaver was the principal of a school for black students in Gadsden, Alabama for one year and then attended Howard University. He graduated from Howard University with a medical degree in 1899 and interned at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland.

Weaver returned to Tuscaloosa in 1900 and was a surgeon at Stillman Hospital, located on the campus of Stillman College. Dr. Weaver was most active in church, civic and fraternal affairs. His Fraternal affairs includes: Charter Member, 1st Worshipful Master, of Rescue Lodge #234, F & AM PHA in 1905, and Grand Senior Warden of the Most Worshipful Prince Hall Grand Lodge F & AM State of Alabama in 1906-07. He was a Trustee and Deacon of the First African Baptist Church . During this time he made his personal library available for black students to use in their studies.