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History
On March 15, 1827, the University of Toronto, then called “King’s College”, was granted its royal charter by King George IV. In the years since its founding, the university has been home to a series of colourful presidents who, together with an extraordinary cast of faculty, staff, and students, have guided the university through a history filled with dramatic events — from the admission of women in the 1880s, the University College fire of 1890, two world wars, the student protests of the 1960s, decades of growth and underfunding, to the new wave of building, renewal, and excellence today.
Below is a list of the University of Toronto’s past presidents:
The Honourable and Right Reverend John Strachan – 1827-1848
The Reverend John McCaul – 1848-1880
Sir Daniel Wilson – 1880-1892
James Loudon – 1892-1906
Sir Robert Alexander Falconer – 1907-1932
The Honourable and Reverend Henry John Cody – 1932-1945
Sidney Earle Smith – 1945-1957
Claude Thomas Bissell – 1958-1971
John Robert Evans – 1972-1978
James Milton Ham – 1978-1983
David William Strangway – 1983-1984
George Edward Connell – 1984-1990
John Robert Stobo Prichard – 1990–2000
Robert Joseph Birgeneau – 2000-2004
C. David Naylor – 2005-2013
Meric Gertler – 2013-