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About J. S. Matthews
- Major James Skitt Matthews (7 September 1878 – 1 October 1970) was the City of Vancouver's first archivist and an early historian and chronicler of the city.
- Major Matthews also refers to a building named in his honour in Vanier Park, Vancouver, British Columbia. Born in Wales, Matthews lived for a time in New Zealand before settling in Vancouver in 1898.
- He was an officer with the Duke of Connaught’s Own Rifles Sixth Regiment, a Freemason, and was named Kitsilano "Citizen of the Year" in 1959.
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