Ladell, John L.

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LADELL, John L.

LADELL, John L. Also writes as John Lindsay. Thai, b. 1924. Genres: Local history/Rural topics. Career: Forest Products Laboratory, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, technical officer, 1950-67; Ontario Research Foundation (now Ortech), senior research scientist, 1961-72; writer, 1972-. Publications: (with M. Ladell) Inheritance: Ontario's Century Farms, Past and Present, 1979; (with Ladell) A Farm in the Family: The Many Faces of Ontario Agriculture Over the Centuries, 1985; They Left Their Mark: Surveyors and Their Role in the Settlement of Ontario, 1993. Contributor to scientific journals and popular magazines sometimes under the pseudonym John Lindsay. Address: 4276 Henderson Rd., Milton, ON, Canada L9T 2X5.