Frederick Clement fonds. 1913-1973.

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Frederick Clement fonds. 1913-1973.

The fonds consists of biographical information about Clement, copies of speeches (1942-1955) and notes from his first lecture on agricultural economics given at Macdonald College in 1913. The fonds also includes reminiscences of F.F. Wesbrook, L.S. Klinck and early experiences at UBC.

6.5 cm of textual records.

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Klinck, Leonard Sylvanus, 1877-1969.

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Born in Victoria Square, Ontario, Leonard Klinck developed an early love of the land. He completed his first degree at the Ontario Agricultural College in 1903 and continued his studies at Iowa State College (M.S.A.,1905). Klinck then assumed responsibility for the cereal husbandry department at Macdonald College in Quebec. He first visited Vancouver in 1914 to consult with University of British Columbia President Wesbrook in planning the future UBC and was forthwith invited to become Dean of th...

Clement, Frederick Moore, 1884-1974.

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Born in Niagara-on-the-Lake, F.M. Clement took degrees in agriculture at the Ontario Agricultural College (1911) and the University of Wisconsin (1922). After serving two years as a lecturer in Horticulture at Macdonald College and two years as director of the Vineland Experimental Station, he came to the University of British Columbia as Professor of Horticulture in 1916 and became Dean of the Faculty of Agriculture in 1919. He led the faculty for thirty years before retiring in 1949. In recogn...

Wesbrook, F. F. (Frank Fairchild), 1868-1918

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Frank Fairchild Wesbrook, the first president of the University of British Columbia, was born in Brant County, Ontario, on July 12, 1868. In 1887, he graduated from Manitoba University. Wesbrook received his M.D. in 1890. Subsequently, he spent a year at the Rotunda Hospital, Dublin and in 1892, he was elected John Walker student in pathology at Cambridge. He was appointed Professor of Bacteriology at the University of Minnesota in 1895 and in 1906 became the first full-time Dean of Medicine the...