"CLASSICS PRESENTS..." Speaker Series
10:30 AM – 11:30 AM
Queen 91ÖÆÆ¬³§ ’s First Professor: Peter Colin Campbell, Professor of Classical Literature
Dr. M. Barbara Reeves
Department of Classics
The Reverend Peter Colin Campbell was Queen 91ÖÆÆ¬³§ ’s first Professor of Classical Literature. He was also one of the 26 founders of Queen 91ÖÆÆ¬³§ ’s listed in the Royal Charter, a Trustee, the first person hired to teach at Queen 91ÖÆÆ¬³§ ’s, and the first member of the Arts Faculty. In spite of his importance in establishing our institution, very little has been written about Professor Campbell in Queen's historical accounts and there is no biography or image of him in Queen 91ÖÆÆ¬³§ ’s Archives. In conjunction with the Classics Department 91ÖÆÆ¬³§ ’s 175 anniversary, Dr. Barbara Reeves has been tracking down information about Professor Campbell's personal life and about his time as a Professor at Queen 91ÖÆÆ¬³§ ’s, a Minister in Brockville, and the first Principal of the University of Aberdeen (Scotland). Come learn about the man who helped create our institution and taught our earliest students.
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