1885 |
Board of Governors adopted the use of the name "McGill University." |
1888 |
First women graduates received the degree of Bachelor of Arts. |
1889 |
Donald A. Smith, Lord Strathcona, Third Chancellor, 1889-1913. |
1893 |
Macdonald Physics and Macdonald Engineering buildings, and the
Workman Technical Building opened.
The original Redpath LIbrary (now Redpath Hall) opened.
Royal Victoria Hospital opened. |
1895 |
William Peterson, Sixth Principal and Vice-Chancellor,
1895-1919. |
1896 |
Department of Architecture established. |
1897 |
First volume of students Old McGill annuals published. |
1898 |
Macdonald Chemistry and Mining Building opened. |
1899 |
Royal Victoria College received first women in residence.
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1903 |
Ernest Rutherford and Frederick Soddy published the paper
"Radioactivity." |
1904 |
Children's Memorial Hospital established
Conservatorium of Music opened.
Summer School to train librarians established. |
1906 |
McGill University College of British Columbia established
in Vancouver, which in 1915 became the University of British Columbia.
McGill Student Union Building (now McCord Museum) given to the University by
Sir William Macdonald.
Department of Commerce established.
Total student enrolment: 1,383. |
1907 |
Macdonald College at Ste. Anne de Bellevue opened for students
in Agriculture, Household Science and Teaching.
Macdonald Engineering and the medical buildings destroyed by fires. |
1908 |
First dental degrees awarded. |
1909 |
New Macdonald Engineering Building opened.
First PhD. degree awarded to R.W. Boyle (Physics). |
1910 |
First PhD. degree in Chemistry awarded to Annie L. MacLeod, McGill's
first female doctoral graduate. |
1911 |
Macdonald Park, comprising 25 acres, given by Sir William Macdonald
for athletic facilities.
Strathcona Medical (now Anatomy and Dentistry) Building opened.
Meeting of Canadian university heads at the Royal Victoria College, under the chairmanship
of Sir William Peterson, gave birth to the National Conference of Canadian Universities.
McGill Daily student newspaper established.
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1912 |
School of Physical Education established.
McGill contingent of the Canadian Officers' Training Corps formed, the first in
North America. |
1914 |
Sir William Macdonald, Fourth Chancellor, 1914-1917 |
'14-'18 |
The war years. Organization for overseas service of the McGill
General Hospital (No. 3), No. 7 McGill Siege battery, six companies of Infantry for the
Princess Patricia Battalion and several groups of reinforcements.
3,059 McGill men served in the Armed Forces; 363 gave their lives. Many women
also served in medical and auxiliary services. |
1918 |
Sir Robert Borden, Fifth Chancellor, 1918-1920
Department of Social Work and Training established. |
1919 |
Sir Auckland Geddes, Seventh Principal and Vice-Chancellor,
1919-1920.
The Percival Molson Stadium opened.
Faculty of Dentistry established.
First issue of McGill News published by the Graduates' Society. |
1920 |
Sir Arthur Currie, Eighth Principal and Vice-Chancellor,
1920-1933.
Sir Edward Beatty, Sixth Chancellor, 1920-1943.
Faculty of Music established.
School of Graduate Nurses established.
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