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Record Nr.

UNINA9910456410503321

Autore

Ziff Bruce H.

Titolo

Unforeseen legacies : Reuben Wells Leonard and the Leonard Foundation Trust / / Bruce Ziff

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Toronto, [Ontario] ; ; Buffalo, [New York] ; ; London, [England] : , : University of Toronto Press, , 2000

©2000

ISBN

1-281-99592-4

9786611995928

1-4426-8291-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (303 p.)

Collana

Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History

Disciplina

344.7130795

Soggetti

Student aid - Law and legislation - Ontario

Discrimination in education - Law and legislation - Ontario

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Contents -- FOREWORD -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- Introduction -- 1. Who Was Reuben Wells Leonard? -- 2. The Leonard Foundation Trust in Context -- 3. Leonard under Siege -- 4. After Leonard -- Epilogue -- APPENDIX -- NOTES -- SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY -- TABLE OF STATUTES -- TABLE OF CASES -- INDEX

Sommario/riassunto

Colonel Reuben Wells Leonard (1860-1930) was a teacher, civil engineer, militia officer, inventor, businessman, senior civil servant, and philanthropist. In December 1923, he signed the third and final version of the Leonard Foundation trust deed, donating over