John Henry MacFarland

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Sir John Henry MacFarland (19 April 1851 – 22 July 1935) was an Irish–Australian university chancellor.

MacFarland was born in Omagh, County Tyrone, Ireland and educated at the Royal Academical Institution, Belfast.^[1] He then graduated as senior scholar in Mathematics and Natural Philosophy in the Queen's University in Ireland, and then proceeded to St. John's College, Cambridge, where he was elected a foundation scholar.^[1]

In 1881, MacFarland became the first master of Ormond College in the University of Melbourne. In 1919, he became chancellor of the university and was knighted the same year.

MacFarland became a director of the National Mutual Life Association c. 1905 and was chairman from 1928. He died in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia on 22 July 1935.

Sources

↑ 1.0 1.1 Mennell, Philip (1892). " MacFarland, John Henry". The Dictionary of Australasian Biography. London: Hutchinson & Co. Wikisource

Serle, Geoffrey. MacFarland, Sir John Henry (1851 - 1935), Australian Dictionary of Biography, Vol. 10, MUP, 1986, pp 266-267. Retrieved 8 January 2014
Serle, Percival (1949). "MacFarland, John Henry". Dictionary of Australian Biography. Sydney: Angus and Robertson. Retrieved 2011-01-03.

Persondata
Name	MacFarland, John Henry
Alternative names
Short description	Australian University chancellor
Date of birth	19 April 1851
Place of birth	Omagh, County Tyrone, Ireland
Date of death	22 July 1935
Place of death	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

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