Leonard Klinck

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Leonard Sylvanus Klinck (January 20, 1877 – March 27, 1969)^[1] was the second President of the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada from 1919 to 1940.^[2]

Biography

Leonard Klinck was born in Victoria Square, Ontario in 1877.^[2] He graduated from the Ontario Agricultural College in 1903, and received an M.S.A. from Iowa State University in 1905.^[2] He then taught at the Macdonald College at McGill University.^[2]^[3] In 1914, he became the Dean of the Faculty of Agriculture at the University of British Columbia.^[2] He served as its second president from 1919 to 1944.^[2]

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↑ William Fong, Sir William C. Macdonald: A Biography, Macdonald Stewart Foundation, 2007, p. 202

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Persondata
Name	Klinck, Leonard
Alternative names
Short description	2nd President of the University of British Columbia
Date of birth	January 20, 1877
Place of birth	Victoria Square, Ontario
Date of death	March 27, 1969
Place of death

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