John Henry MacFarland

Sir John Henry MacFarland (19 April 1851 – 22 July 1935) was an Irish–Australian university chancellor.

MacFarland was born in Omagh, County Tyrone, Ireland and educated at the Royal Academical Institution, Belfast.^[1] He then graduated as senior scholar in Mathematics and Natural Philosophy in the Queen's University of Ireland, and then proceeded to St. John's College, Cambridge, where he was elected a foundation scholar.^[1]

In 1881, MacFarland became the first master of Ormond College in the University of Melbourne. In 1919, he became chancellor of the university and was knighted the same year.

MacFarland became a director of the National Mutual Life Association c. 1905 and was chairman from 1928. He died in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia on 22 July 1935.

References

^ ^a ^b Mennell, Philip (1892). "MacFarland, John Henry" . The Dictionary of Australasian Biography. London: Hutchinson & Co – via Wikisource.

Serle, Geoffrey. MacFarland, Sir John Henry (1851 - 1935), Australian Dictionary of Biography, Vol. 10, MUP, 1986, pp 266-267. Retrieved 8 January 2014
Serle, Percival (1949). "MacFarland, John Henry". Dictionary of Australian Biography. Sydney: Angus & Robertson. Retrieved 2011-01-03.

Academic offices
Preceded by Sir Henry Wrixon	Vice-Chancellor of the University of Melbourne 1910 – 1918	Succeeded by Sir John Grice
Preceded by Sir John Madden	Chancellor of the University of Melbourne 1918 – 1935	Succeeded by Sir James Barrett

[Mennell-1] Mennell, Philip (1892). "MacFarland, John Henry" . The Dictionary of Australasian Biography. London: Hutchinson & Co – via Wikisource.

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