Donald Crowdis was the first host of the popular CBC Television series The Nature of Things. Born in Halifax, Nova Scotia, for 25 years he was Curator, then Director, of the Nova Scotia Museum (1940-1965). After World War II, Crowdis spearheaded an effort which led to the construction of the Halifax Memorial Library in 1951 (now the Spring Garden Road Memorial branch of the Halifax Public Libraries system).

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  • Donald Crowdis was the first host of the popular CBC Television series The Nature of Things. Born in Halifax, Nova Scotia, for 25 years he was Curator, then Director, of the Nova Scotia Museum (1940-1965). After World War II, Crowdis spearheaded an effort which led to the construction of the Halifax Memorial Library in 1951 (now the Spring Garden Road Memorial branch of the Halifax Public Libraries system). Beginning in 1965, Crowdis was a member of the executive team that oversaw the establishment of what is now the Ontario Science Centre. Crowdis is also one of the last living survivors of the Halifax Explosion. He currently lives in Toronto and writes a blog named Don To Earth Again, making him one of the world's oldest bloggers. In 2008, Crowdis was inducted into the Nova Scotia Discovery Centre Hall of Fame.
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  • Donald Crowdis was the first host of the popular CBC Television series The Nature of Things. Born in Halifax, Nova Scotia, for 25 years he was Curator, then Director, of the Nova Scotia Museum (1940-1965). After World War II, Crowdis spearheaded an effort which led to the construction of the Halifax Memorial Library in 1951 (now the Spring Garden Road Memorial branch of the Halifax Public Libraries system).
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