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'''Faculty:''' Arts
'''Faculty:''' Arts


'''Department:''' [http://unbhistory.lib.unb.ca/index.php/Department_of_English <font color="#0066cc">English</font>]&nbsp;and [[Department of History|Modern History]]
'''Department:''' [[Department_of_English|English]]&nbsp;and [[Department of History|Modern History]]


'''Position(s) held:'''
'''Position(s) held:'''


*Professor of [[Department of English|English]] and [[Department of History|Modern History]] &nbsp;(1928 - 1938)
*Professor of English and Modern History &nbsp;(1928 - 1938)
*Chair of the Department of English
*Chair of the Department of English



Revision as of 14:27, 1 September 2015

Nicknames/Other names:

Education:

Dates Employed: 1928 - 1938

Faculty: Arts

Department: English and Modern History

Position(s) held:

  • Professor of English and Modern History  (1928 - 1938)
  • Chair of the Department of English

Activities/Contributions:

Distinctions:

Notes:

  • Born in 1905.
  • In 1938, McPherson was elected as Labour Candidate in the constinuency of Midlothian and Peebles, Northern Scotland.
  • In 1939, McPherson resigned form the position of Chair of the Department of English.
  • Served in the Canadian army from 1940 - 1945.
  • Vice-chairman of the Parliamentry Labour party from 1964 - 1967.
  • Died Monday, May 24, 1971, in the U.K., age 66.

Sources:

  • UA Case 77
  • Senate Minutes, Book 5, (Nov. 27, 1927 - Oct. 12, 1943): 17, 161, 176-177.


--Emilyharnish (talk) 11:53, 1 September 2015 (ADT)



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