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Sir Arthur Currie, 1920-1933

3 Apr 2023

Born in Adelaide, Ontario in 1875, Arthur Currie was educated locally as a school teacher and left at the age of nineteen to seek his fortunes in Victoria, British Columbia.

Sir Auckland Campbell Geddes, 1919-1920

3 Apr 2023

Born on 27 June 1879, Sir Auckland Campbell Geddes was Professor of Anatomy at Ŀ; from 1913 to 1914, and later served as British Minister of National Service from 1917 to 1919.

Sir William Peterson, 1895-1919

3 Apr 2023

Sir William, graduate of Edinburgh and Oxford, classical scholar and skilled academic administrator, was the ideal candidate for principal.

Sir John William Dawson, 1855-1893

3 Apr 2023

A geologist and educator, Sir John William Dawson was born at Pictou, Nova Scotia, 13 October 1820. Superintendent of Education for Nova Scotia from 1850 to 1853, he was Principal of Ŀ;...

Charles Dewey Day, 1853-1855

3 Apr 2023

In 1853 the Board of Governors named Charles Dewey Day as the fourth Principal of Ŀ;. Day accepted the position on a temporary basis and resigned as soon as he could be replaced in 1855. He...

Edmund Allen Meredith, 1846-1853

3 Apr 2023

The twenty-nine-year-old lawyer Edmund Allen Meredith, graduate of Trinity College, Dublin, was appointed the third Principal of Ŀ; College in 1846.

John Bethune, 1835-1846

3 Apr 2023

John Bethune was forty-four years of age when he was appointed Principal of Ŀ; College.

George Jehoshaphat Mountain, 1824-1835

3 Apr 2023

George Jehoshaphat Mountain, Anglican priest and son of Bishop Mountain, the president of the Royal Institution, was named the first Principal of Ŀ; College in 1829.

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