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In Memoriam, Peter Redpath, Governor and Benefactor of McGill University and Founder of the Museum, Library and Chair of Mathematics which Bears His Name; With Historical Notice of the Peter Redpath Museum
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In Memoriam, Peter Redpath, Governor and Benefactor of McGill University and Founder of the Museum, Library and Chair of Mathematics which Bears His Name; With Historical Notice of the Peter Redpath Museum
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A memorial, outlining the career of Montreal businessman and philanthropist Peter Redpath (1821-1894), with emphasis on his connections to McGill University. Redpath was closely associated with his family's business, the Redpath Sugar refinery. He was a member of the McGill University Board of Governors from 1864 until his death. He endowed a chair of Natural Philosophy at McGill in 1871 and established the Redpath Museum in 1880. He founded the Redpath Library at the University in 1893 and donated about half a million dollars in money and books to McGill. Also included is a brief biographical sketch of Peter Redpath's father, John Redpath (1796-1869).
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Montreal
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Published for the University by the Witness Printing House
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1894
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en
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Dawson, John William. In Memoriam, Peter Redpath, Governor and Benefactor of McGill University and Founder of the Museum, Library and Chair of Mathematics Which Bears His Name; With Historical Notice of the Peter Redpath Museum. Montreal: Published for the University by the Witness Printing House, 1894.
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