Title Sir William C. Macdonald : a biography / William Fong

Published Montreal : Published for the Macdonald-Stewart Foundation by McGill-Queen's University Press, ©2007

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Description 1 online resource (xx, 316 pages) : illustrations Contents CONTENTS -- ILLUSTRATIONS -- FOREWORD -- PREFACE AND ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- A NOTE ON THE SOURCES -- INTRODUCTION -- Chapter One WILL YE NO COME BACK AGAIN? MACDONALDâ€?S ANCESTRY AND EARLY INFLUENCES, TO 1848 -- Chapter Two MACDONALDâ€?S EARLY CAREER IN NORTH AMERICA: FROM BOOKKEEPER TO TOBACCO MANUFACTURER, 1848â€?1861 -- Chapter Three MACDONALD THE TOBACCO KING, 1861â€?1917 -- Chapter Four THE ISLAND LEGACY, DOMESTIC LIFE, AND THE END OF CAPTAIN JOHNâ€?S DREAM, 1864â€?1906 -- Chapter Five THE EVOLUTION OF PRACTICAL EDUCATION AT McGILL, CIRCA 1850â€?1880 Chapter Six MACDONALDâ€?S EARLY PHILANTHROPY: THE FRASER INSTITUTE, McGILL UNIVERSITY, AND HIS SEARCH FOR FAMILY, CIRCA 1870â€?1892Chapter Seven THE MACDONALD-ROBERTSON MOVEMENT AND THE FOUNDING OF MACDONALD COLLEGE, 1899â€?1909 -- Chapter Eight MACDONALD COLLEGE AND McGILL UNIVERSITY: EDUCATION AND RESEARCH FOR A NEW CENTURY, 1893â€?1914 -- Chapter Nine TOBACCO WITH A HEART: MACDONALDâ€?S PERSONALITY, SCOTTISHNESS, LATER YEARS, AND LEGACY -- NOTES -- INDEX Summary Born into a prominent Scottish family on Prince Edward Island, Macdonald rejected his Catholic upbringing and left home when he was eighteen. After three years in Boston as a bookkeeper he headed to Montreal and began to work as a commission agent. By 1868 Macdonald had become the leading manufacturer of chewing tobacco in Canada, and by 1885 he may have been the richest person in the country Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-306) and index Notes English Print version record Subject Macdonald, William C. (William Christopher), 1831-1917. Macdonald, William C. (William Christopher), 1831-1917 McGill University -- Endowments -- History McGill University Businessmen -- Québec (Province) -- Montréal -- Biography Philanthropists -- Canada -- Biography Tobacco industry -- Canada -- History Education, Higher -- Canada -- Endowments -- History Education -- Canada -- Endowments -- History BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- General. BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Corporate & Business History. BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Infrastructure. Businessmen Education -- Endowments Education, Higher -- Endowments Endowments Philanthropists Tobacco industry Canada Québec -- Montréal Genre/Form Electronic books Biographies History Form Electronic book Author Fondation Macdonald Stewart. LC no. 2008278060 ISBN 9780773560437 0773560432 1282850377 9781282850378 9786612850370 661285037X

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