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alan brookman beddoe artist founder and first president of the heraldry society of canada , war artist , consultant in heraldry and royal canadian navy 02 december 1975 ottawa , ontario canada oc , obe , hfhs , fhsc 01 june 1893 lieutenant-commander alanbeddoe.png alan beddoe
 alan brookman beddoe
alan beddoe

lieutenant-commander alan brookman beddoe , oc , obe , hfhs , fhsc -lrb- june 1 , 1893 -- december 2 , 1975 -rrb- was a canadian artist , war artist , consultant in heraldry and founder and first president of the heraldry society of canada in 1965 .
born in ottawa , ontario , in 1893 , he studied at ashbury college .
during world war i , he was captured at second battle of ypres in 1915 and spent two and a half years in the prisoner of war camps at gießen and zerbst .
he studied art at the ecole des beaux-arts in paris .
after the war , he studied at the art students league of new york under dumond and bridgman .
in 1925 , he opened the first commercial art studio in ottawa .
he was also an expert in heraldry .
the alan beddoe collection at library and archives canada contains designs and studies for the book of remembrance , postage stamps , posters , crests , money , architecture and coats-of-arms .
his fonds include slides , colour transparencies , prints , watercolours and drawings related to canadian heraldry .
