Description
| Product ID: | 9780773533042 |
| Product Form: | Hardback |
| Country of Manufacture: | CA |
| Title: | Sir William C. Macdonald |
| Subtitle: | A Biography |
| Authors: | Author: William Fong |
| Page Count: | 336 |
| Subjects: | Biography: general, Biography: general, Higher education, tertiary education, Universities, Canada |
| Description: | The first biography of one of the most important Canadians of the nineteenth century offers fresh insights into the birth of the tobacco industry and educational philanthropy in Canada Sir William Macdonald is the father of the Canadian tobacco industry and one of the country's foremost educational philanthropists. His contributions to McGill University transformed it into one of the world's foremost research and teaching institutions. This book takes a look at the development of engineering, physics, and law at McGill. |
| Imprint Name: | McGill-Queen's University Press |
| Publisher Name: | McGill-Queen's University Press |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2007-08-24 |
