John Machar (1796 – February 7, 1863) was the second principal (1846–1853) of Queen's University, then known as Queen's College at Kingston. Machar was born in Tannandice,

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. He was ordained as a

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minister in 1819. In 1827, he emigrated to Kingston,

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in order to become the minister at St Andrew's Presbyterian Church. Machar was one of the original trustees of the University, and became its principal in 1846, when

Thomas Liddell Thomas Liddell (October 18, 1800 – June 11, 1880) was the first Principal of Queen's University, then Queen's College. Life Liddell was born in Stirlingshire, Scotland in 1800, the son of John Liddell and his wife Janet Martin. He stud ...

resigned unexpectedly. He resigned in 1853, after a term marred by financial issues. He was the father of author

Agnes Maule Machar Agnes Maule Machar ( pen name, Fidelis; 23 January 1837 – 24 January 1927) was a Canadian author, poet and social reformer. Early life Machar's father, John Machar immigrated to Canada in 1827, and married Margaret Sim (a fellow Scotti ...

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