Background
M'CURDY, J. F. was born on February 18, 1847 in Chatham, New Brunswick. Son of Reverend John M‘Curdy, D. D., and Cathaiine Thomson.
M'CURDY, J. F. was born on February 18, 1847 in Chatham, New Brunswick. Son of Reverend John M‘Curdy, D. D., and Cathaiine Thomson.
Presbyterian Academy, Chatham. University of New Brunswick. Theological Seminary, Princeton, New Jersey.
Universities of Gottingen and Leipzig, Germany. Graduated Bachelor of Arts, University of New Brunswick, 1866. Doctor of Philosophy.
Doctor of Laws.
Principal of Restigouche Company Gram. School, Dalhousie, New Brunswick, 1867-1868. Studied in Princeton, 1868-1873.
Assistant Professor of Oriental Languages in Princeton, 1873-1882. Studied in Gottingen and Leipzig, 1882-1884. 1273 Lecturer in University College, Toronto, 1886.
Doctor of Philosophy Princeton, 1878. Doctor of Laws University of New Brunswick, 1894. Professor of Oriental Literature, University College, Toronto, since 1888.
Spouse 1881, Isabella,daughter of Rev. Alexander Russell, Dalhousie, New Brunswick.