# John Machar

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Canadian academic

**John Machar** (1796 – February 7, 1863) was the second principal (1846–1853) of [Queen's University](/source/Queen's_University_at_Kingston), then known as Queen's College at Kingston.[1]

Machar was born in [Tannandice](/source/Tannadice%2C_Angus), [Scotland](/source/Scotland). He was ordained as a [Presbyterian](/source/Presbyterian) minister in 1819. In 1827, he emigrated to [Kingston](/source/Kingston%2C_Ontario), [Upper Canada](/source/Upper_Canada) in order to become the minister at [St Andrew's Presbyterian Church](/source/St._Andrew's_Presbyterian_Church_(Kingston%2C_Ontario)).

Machar was one of the original trustees of the university, and became its principal in 1846, when [Thomas Liddell](/source/Thomas_Liddell_(principal)) resigned unexpectedly. He resigned in 1853, after a term marred by financial issues.

He was the father of author [Agnes Maule Machar](/source/Agnes_Maule_Machar).

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Machar, Rev John | Queen's Encyclopedia"](http://www.queensu.ca/encyclopedia/m/machar-rev-john). *www.queensu.ca*. Retrieved 2017-10-18.

### Further reading

- ["The Rev John Machar"](https://web.archive.org/web/20070809120518/http://www.queensu.ca/secretariat/History/people/machar.html). Archived from [the original](http://www.queensu.ca/secretariat/History/people/machar.html) on August 9, 2007. Retrieved May 29, 2008.

- ["Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online"](http://www.biographi.ca/009004-119.01-e.php?&id_nbr=4561). Retrieved May 29, 2008.

Academic offices Preceded by Thomas Liddell Principal of Queen's College at Kingston 1846–1853 Succeeded by James George

v t e Chancellors and principals of the Queen's University at Kingston Chancellors John Cook Sir Sandford Fleming James Douglas Edward Wentworth Beatty Sir Robert Borden James Armstrong Richardson Sr. Charles Avery Dunning John Bertram Stirling Roland Michener Agnes Benidickson Peter Lougheed A. Charles Baillie David A. Dodge Jim Leech Murray Sinclair Shelagh Rogers Principals Thomas Liddell John Machar James George* John Cook William Leitch William Snodgrass George Monro Grant Daniel Miner Gordon Robert Bruce Taylor William Hamilton Fyfe Robert Charles Wallace W. A. Mackintosh James Corry John James Deutsch Ronald Lampman Watts David Chadwick Smith William C. Leggett Karen R. Hitchcock Thomas R. Williams Daniel Woolf Patrick Deane * indicates acting

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