Sir Robert Falconer : A Biography / / James G. Greenlee
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| Autore: |
Greenlee James G.
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| Titolo: |
Sir Robert Falconer : A Biography / / James G. Greenlee
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| Pubblicazione: | Toronto : , : University of Toronto Press, , [2016] |
| ©1988 | |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (432 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 378.1/11 |
| B | |
| Soggetto topico: | Education, Higher - Canada - History |
| Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
| Note generali: | Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Frontmatter -- Contents -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- PREFACE -- I. Cold Baths and Classics -- II. Of Tools and Their Wielders -- III. Pine Hill -- IV. No Sabbath Droner -- V. London's Ghost -- VI. The Organic University -- VII. The Larger Context -- VIII. The Glorious Days of Our Race: 1914—18 -- IX. Service, Tact, and Diplomacy -- X. Skylarking on the Ragged Edge of Folly -- XI. Beyond the Office Walls -- XII. Emeritus -- XIII. Some Thoughts on Robert Falconer -- NOTES -- SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX |
| Sommario/riassunto: | Biblical scholar, social critic, and internationalist, Robert Alexander Falconer was also the foremost Canadian university leader of his generation, serving as president of the University of Toronto from 1907 to 1932. James Greenlee's biography chronicles his development as an academic leader and a public man. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Sir Robert Falconer |
| ISBN: | 1-4875-9789-4 |
| 1-282-01148-0 | |
| 9786612011481 | |
| 1-4426-7997-2 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910574885403321 |
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