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Bishop John Strachan, King’s College and Trinity College

John Strachan, 1855.
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John Strachan, born in Scotland, came to Kingston in 1799, taught at Cornwall and became rector of York in 1812 and first Anglican Bishop of Toronto in 1839. A central figure of the Family Compact, he promoted public schooling and in 1827 secured a charter for King’s College; when it became the secular University of Toronto in 1849, he founded the Anglican Trinity College in 1851.

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Strachan as described in his designation.

Sources behind this record

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Right Reverend John Strachan National Historic Person ↗

Parks Canada (Directory of Federal Heritage Designations)

Importance; plaque text