John Colonel

Background

Maclean was born in Crieff, Ontario (near Guelph), to Scottish-born parents, Catherine (Cameron) and Andrew MacLean.

Education

Maclean moved to Chatsworth, Ontario and graduated as a teacher from Toronto Normal School.

Career

He founded Maclean"s Magazine, the Financial Post and the Maclean Publishing Company, later known as Maclean-Hunter. He then added a number of trade magazines: Hardware and Metal (1888 ), Dry Goods Review, and Printer and Publisher. In 1905 he founded The Business Magazine which became The Busy Manitoba"s Magazine before changing its name to Maclean"s Magazine in 1911.

He founded the Financial Post in 1907, the Farmer"s Magazine in 1910, Mayfair in 1927 and Chatelaine in 1928 building Canada"s largest magazine empire.

His military rank was earned through service with the Canadian militia, in which he was Commanding Officer of Montreal"s Royal Canadian Hussars from 1898 to 1903. In 1945, the company was renamed Maclean-Hunter.

Achievements

• His longtime collaborator and associate, Horace Talmadge Hunter, succeeded Maclean as company president upon the founder"s retirement.