Macdonald Institute
Macdonald Institute

Author: James G. Snell

Publisher: Dundurn

Published: 2003-04

Total Pages: 258

ISBN-13: 1550024450

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Traces the evolution of a small, post-secondary institution specializing in the education of rural women into a world-respected, co-educational college at the University of Guelph.

Sir William C. Macdonald
Sir William C. Macdonald

Author: William Fong

Publisher: McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP

Published: 2007-08-24

Total Pages: 609

ISBN-13: 0773578242

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Born into a prominent Scottish family on Prince Edward Island, Macdonald rejected his Catholic upbringing and left home when he was eighteen. After three years in Boston as a bookkeeper he headed to Montreal and began to work as a commission agent. By 1868 Macdonald had become the leading manufacturer of chewing tobacco in Canada, and by 1885 he may have been the richest person in the country.