(1930-01-12)January 12, 1930 Carnwath, South Lanarkshire, Scotland
Died
May 10, 2019(2019-05-10) (aged 89) Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Occupation
Educator, Historian, Writer
Nationality
Canadian
Education
Lanark Grammar School and Jordanhill College, Glasgow
Period
1989–2006
Genre
Canadian history, Nova Scotia History
Notable works
Shattered City: The Halifax Explosion and the Road to Recovery
Survivors: Children of the Halifax Explosion
1917: Revisiting the Halifax Explosion
A History of Point Pleasant Park
Andrew Cobb: Architect and Artist
Spouse
Leonard Arthur Kitz
Janet F. KitzONS MSM (January 12, 1930 – May 10, 2019)[1] was an educator, author and historian in Halifax, Nova Scotia who played a key role in the recognition of the 1917 Halifax Explosion, the largest man-made explosion prior to the atomic bomb and the worst man-made disaster in Canadian history.
^Andrew Rankin, "Explosion Authority Janet Kitz Dies at 89", Halifax Chronicle Herald, May 12, 2019
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Man-Made Explosion Before Hiroshima. Ryerson Press. ISBN 0-7700-6015-3. Kitz, Janet (2008). Shattered City: The Halifax Explosion and the Road to Recovery...
Bluets "Routes & Schedules". Halifax Transit. Retrieved 17 February 2020. Kitz, Janet, and Gary Castle, Point Pleasant Park: An Illustrated History, 1999,...
Retrieved 19 May 2024. Suckert, Daniel (27 May 2018). "„Wir könnten heuer den Kitz-Rekord schaffen"". Tiroler Tageszeitung (in German). Retrieved 19 May 2024...
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