Background
Peterson, William was born on May 29, 1856 in Edinburgh. 5th son of John Peterson, merchant, Leith.
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William Peterson
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Education
Studied at High School and University, Edinburgh. University of Gottingen. Oxford University. Scholar of Corpus Christi College, Oxford.
Ferguson scholar in classics, 1876.
Master of Arts Edinburgh and Oxford. Honourable Doctor of Laws Saint Andrews (1885).
Princeton, New Jersey (1896). University of New Brunswick (1900).
Yale (1901).
Johns Hopkins (1902).
Pennsylvania (1903). Aberdeen (1906). Toronto (1907): Harvard (1909). Master of Arts; Doctor of Laws.
Career
Assistant Professor of. Humanity in the University of Edinburgh, 1879 - 82. Principal of University College, Dundee, j 18S2-95. One of the Vice-Presidents of the Archaeological Institute of America.
And Chairman of the Department of Canada.
Canadian Editor of Nelson’s Loose-Leaf Encyclopaedia. Principal. of M ‘Gill University since 1895.
Membership
Clubs: Savile; Royal and Ancient, Saint Andrews. Mount Royal, Montreal.
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Connections
Spouse 1885, Lisa, daughter of late William Ross of 12 Hyde Park Gardens, West., 1601 and Glenearn, Perthshire.
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British