Moses Osbourne Morgan, (August 28, 1917 – April 24, 1995) was a
Canadian
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academic and president of
Memorial University of Newfoundland from 1973 to 1981.
Born in
Blaketown,
Trinity Bay,
Newfoundland, Morgan was educated at
Bishop Feild College
Bishop Feild College (originally Church of England Academy; formerly Church of England College and Bishop Feild Elementary; currently Bishop Feild School), founded in 1844, is a school in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, St. John's, Newfou ...
and
Memorial University College. Then he received a bachelor's degree from
Dalhousie University and was elected a
Rhodes Scholar for 1938. He did not attend the
University of Oxford
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until after the
Second World War
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. From 1940 to 1942, he taught at King's College School in
Windsor, Nova Scotia
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The community has a history dating back to its use by the Mi'kmaq Nation for sev ...
. In 1942, he enlisted in the Canadian Army and saw service in Europe as a platoon commander. He completed a master's degree in
Classics at
Dalhousie before taking up his
Rhodes Scholarship. Returning from his studies at
Oxford
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, he taught at
Dalhousie from 1948 until 1950 when he joined Memorial University of Newfoundland, initially as a professor of
Political science
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. He was president, pro tem from 1966 until 1967 and was appointed president in 1973.
In 1973, he was made a Companion of the
Order of Canada
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To coincide with the cen ...
. He was awarded honorary doctoral degrees by
Mount Allison University, Dalhousie University,
University of King's College
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,
St. Francis Xavier University
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History
St. Franc ...
,
University of New Brunswick
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,
Queen's University, the
University of Toronto
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and Memorial University of Newfoundland.
References
Memorial University biography
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1917 births
1995 deaths
Canadian university and college chief executives
Canadian Rhodes Scholars
Companions of the Order of Canada
Dalhousie University alumni
Mount Allison University alumni
Newfoundland Rhodes Scholars
Alumni of New College, Oxford
Bishop Feild School alumni