Allisonian Firsts: 1840s-1870s

Timeline

1840s-1870s

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1843

Humphrey Pickard

First President of all three Mount Allison institutions

 

1854

Mary Electa Adams

First female Preceptress of the Mount Allison Female Academy

 

1857

Martha Louisa (Knight) Allison
First female professor at Mount Allison University

 

1863

Josiah Wood and Howard Sprague

First Mount Allison University graduates

 

1866

Samuel Seward Toddings

First international student to graduate from Mount Allison University

 

George Scott

First honorary degree recipient from Mount Allison University

 

1869

John Warrener Gray
First professor of Fine Arts at Mount Allison University

 

1875

Grace Annie Lockhart

First female bachelor's degree in the British Empire