Sir Robert Falconer : A Biography / James G. Greenlee.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Greenlee, James G., Author.

Series:

Heritage

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Falconer, Robert, Sir, 1867-1943.

Falconer, Robert.

University of Toronto--Presidents--Biography.

University of Toronto.

Education, Higher--Canada--History.

Education, Higher.

Ontario.

Canada.

Genre:

History.

Biographies.

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (432 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Toronto : University of Toronto Press, [2016]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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.

Contents:

CONTENTS

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

PREFACE

I: Cold Baths and Classics

II: Of Tools and Their Wielders

III: Pine Hill

IV: No Sabbath Droner

V: Loudon'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

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B

C

D

E

F

G

H

I

J

Kl

m

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Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 23. Jul 2020)

ISBN:

1-4875-9789-4

1-282-01148-0

9786612011481

1-4426-7997-2

OCLC:

244767816