List of Presidents of the University of Toronto

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The University of Toronto has had 16 presidents since it was founded in 1827. [1]

University of Toronto university in Toronto, Ontario, Canada

The University of Toronto is a public research university in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, located on the grounds that surround Queen's Park. It was founded by royal charter in 1827 as King's College, the first institution of higher learning in the colony of Upper Canada. Originally controlled by the Church of England, the university assumed the present name in 1850 upon becoming a secular institution. As a collegiate university, it comprises eleven colleges, which differ in character and history, each with substantial autonomy on financial and institutional affairs. It has two satellite campuses in Scarborough and Mississauga.

List of presidents

OrderNameYears in officeTitle
1Rev. John Strachan 1827–1848President of King's College
2Rev. John McCaul 1848–1850President of King's College
1850–1853President of the University of Toronto
1853–1880Principal of University College
3Sir Daniel Wilson 1880–1889Principal of University College
1889–1892President of the University of Toronto
4 James Loudon 1892–1906President of the University of Toronto
5Sir Robert Falconer 1907–1932President of the University of Toronto
6Rev. Henry John Cody 1932–1945President of the University of Toronto
7Hon. Sidney Earle Smith 1945–1957President of the University of Toronto
8 Claude Bissell 1958–1971President of the University of Toronto
9 John Robert Evans 1972–1978President of the University of Toronto
10 James Milton Ham 1978–1983President of the University of Toronto
11 David Strangway 1983–1984President of the University of Toronto
12 George Connell 1984–1990President of the University of Toronto
13 Robert Prichard 1990–2000President of the University of Toronto
14 Robert Birgeneau 2000–2004President of the University of Toronto
interim Frank Iacobucci 2004–2005President of the University of Toronto
15 David Naylor 2005– 2013President of the University of Toronto
16 Meric Gertler 2013–President of the University of Toronto

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References

  1. "History of the Position". University of Toronto.