William Macdonald Sir

Sir William C. Macdonald

• Author(s): William Fong

• Categories: Biography & Autobiography

• Type: Book
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• Published: 2014-06-22
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• Publisher: McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP

"Sir William Macdonald (1831-1917) is the father of the Canadian tobacco industry and one of the country's foremost educational philanthropists. His contributions to McGill University transformed it into one of the world's foremost research and teaching institutions. William Fong's biography places Macdonald's life in its historical context, painting a vivid portrait of Victorian Canada." "Born into a prominent Scottish family on Prince Edward Island, Macdonald rejected his Catholic upbringing and left home when he was eighteen. After three years in Boston as a bookkeeper he headed to Montreal and began to work as a commission agent. By 1868 Macdonald had become the leading manufacturer of c...

Sir William Macdonald

• Author(s): Stanley Brice Frost, Robert Michel, McGill University. Libraries

• Categories: Philanthropists

• Type: Book
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• Published: 1995
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• Publisher: Unknown

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Sir William Macdonald and His Kin

• Author(s): John Ferguson Snell

• Type: Book
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• Published: 1943
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• Publisher: Unknown

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The Man in the White Coat. An Account of the Forebears and Early Life of Sir William Macewen, Surgeon. By Hugh Allan Macewen. To which is Added Personal Reminiscences Concerning Sir William's Career, Compiled by William M.R. Macdonald

• Author(s): Hugh Allan MACEWEN

• Type: Book
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• Published: 1975
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• Publisher: Unknown

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Works

• Author(s): Charles Lamb, Mary Lamb

• Type: Book
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• Published: 1903
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• Publisher: Unknown

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