John Forrest was a Presbyterian minister and educator in Nova Scotia, Canada.
Background
He was born in New Glasgow, Nova Scotia, the son of physician Alexander Forrest, an immigrant from Scotland, and Barbara Ross McKenzie, and was educated at the Free Church College in Halifax, and graduated from the Presbyterian College at Truro in 1865, then received the Doctor of Divinity degree from Queen"s University, Kingston, in 1873.
Career
He was president of Dalhousie University from 1885 to 1910. He was ordained in 1866 and became the pastor for Saint John"s Church in Halifax. Forrest married Annie Prescott Duff in 1871.
Forrest resigned as pastor in 1881 to become professor of history at Dalhousie.
During his term as president, the law school was formed, the Halifax Medical College and the Maritime Dental College were affiliated with the university and a faculty of engineering was established. Forrest died in Halifax at the age of 77.
The Forrest Building on the Dalhousie campus was named in his honour.
Membership
He had five children: one son William served as a member of the provincial assembly.