John Machar

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John Machar (1796 – February 7, 1863) was the second principal of Queen's University, then known as Queen's College at Kingston.

Machar was born in Tannandice, Scotland. He was ordained as a Presbyterian minister in 1819. In 1827, he emigrated to Kingston, Upper Canada in order to become the minister at St Andrew's Church.

Machar was one of the original trustees of the University, and became its principal in 1846, when Thomas Liddell resigned unexpectedly. He resigned in 1853, after a term marred by financial issues.

He was the father of author Agnes Maule Machar.

References

"The Rev John Machar". Retrieved May 29, 2008.
"Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online". Retrieved May 29, 2008.

Academic offices
Preceded by Thomas Liddell	Principal of Queen's College at Kingston 1846–1853	Succeeded by James George

v t e Principals and Chancellors of Queen's University

Principals	Lidell Machar George* Cook Leitch Snodgrass Grant Gordon Taylor Fyfe Wallace Mackintosh Corry Deutsch Watts Smith Legett Hitchcock Williams Woolf

Chancellors	Cook Fleming Douglas Beatty Borden Richardson Dunning Stirling Michener Bendickson Lougheed Baillie Dodge

* indicates acting

Persondata
Name	Machar, John
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Date of birth	1796
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Date of death	1893
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