John Machar
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John Machar (1796 – February 7, 1863) was the second principal (1846–1853) of Queen's University, then known as Queen's College at Kingston.{{Cite web|url=http://www.queensu.ca/encyclopedia/m/machar-rev-john|title=Machar, Rev John {{!}} Queen's Encyclopedia|website=www.queensu.ca|language=en|access-date=2017-10-18}}
Machar was born in Tannandice, Scotland. He was ordained as a Presbyterian minister in 1819. In 1827, he emigrated to Kingston, Upper Canada 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 resigned unexpectedly. He resigned in 1853, after a term marred by financial issues.
He was the father of author Agnes Maule Machar.
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- {{cite web|url=http://www.queensu.ca/secretariat/History/people/machar.html|title=The Rev John Machar|accessdate=May 29, 2008|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070809120518/http://www.queensu.ca/secretariat/History/people/machar.html|archivedate=August 9, 2007}}
- {{cite web|url=http://www.biographi.ca/009004-119.01-e.php?&id_nbr=4561|title=Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online|accessdate=May 29, 2008}}
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Category:19th-century Presbyterian ministers
Category:Canadian Presbyterians
Category:Immigrants to Upper Canada
Category:People from Angus, Scotland
Category:Principals of Queen's University at Kingston
Category:Scottish emigrants to pre-Confederation Ontario
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