Facts:   - death place: victoria , b.c.    - language: english    - resting place: ross bay cemetery , victoria    - notableworks: '' tecumseh ''    - citizenship: british subject    - death date: 1927 july 7    - genre: poetry      - awards: frsc    - birth date: 1838 september 21    - name: charles mair    - ethnicity: english    - nationality: canada canadian    - image: charlesmair.jpg    - birth place: lanark , upper canada    - alma mater: queen 's university    - occupation: journalist   Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of charles mair .
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charles mair -lrb- september 21 , 1838 -- july 7 , 1927 -rrb- was a canadian poet and journalist .he was a fervent canadian nationalist noted for his participation in the canada first movement and his opposition to louis riel during the two riel rebellions in western canada .