A geologist and educator, Sir John William Dawson was born at Pictou, Nova Scotia, 13 October 1820. Superintendent of Education for Nova Scotia from 1850 to 1853, he was Principal of ۲ݮƵ...
In 1853 the Board of Governors named Charles Dewey Day as the fourth Principal of ۲ݮƵ. Day accepted the position on a temporary basis and resigned as soon as he could be replaced in 1855. He...
George Jehoshaphat Mountain, Anglican priest and son of Bishop Mountain, the president of the Royal Institution, was named the first Principal of ۲ݮƵ College in 1829.