Malcolm McPherson

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Education:

• Bachelor of Arts (1925) - University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland

Dates Employed: 1928 - 1939

Faculty: Arts

Department: English and Modern History

Position(s) held:

• Professor of English and Modern History (1928 - 1939)
• Chair of the Department of English

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Notes:

• In 1938 McPherson was chosen Labour candidate for the constituency of Midlothian and Peebles, Northern.
• In 1939 McPherson resigned from the position of Chair of the Department of English.
• Served in the Canadian army from 1940 - 1945.
• Vice-chairman of the Parliamentary Labour party from 1964 - 1967.
• Died Monday, 24 May 1971, in the U.K., age 66.

Sources:

• UA Case 77.
• "Chosen Labor Candidate for House Commons" The Daily Mail, 23 February 1938.
• Senate Minutes, Book 5, (Nov. 27, 1927 - Oct. 12, 1943): 17, 161, 176-177.