J. Harper Kent. Harper Kent managed W.J. Kent & Company until his death in 1987. The W.J. Kent fortune was largely distributed to charity by Harper Kent and his wife Gwendolyn. One of the recipients, the J. Harper Kent Charitable Foundation, is active in providing college scholarships to high school graduates from the Bathurst area. The W.J. Kent archives are housed at the Bathurst Museum, now known as the Nepisiquit Centennial Museum and Cultural Centre. References 1860 births 1943 deaths People from Bathurst, New Brunswick Businesspeople from New Brunswick Mayors of places in New Brunswick