Daniel Woolf

Daniel Woolf
FRHistS FSA FRSC[1]
Daniel Woolf speaking at a Queen's University event in Hong Kong in 2018
20th Principal and Vice-Chancellor of Queen's University
In office
1 September 2009[2] – 30 June 2019[3][4]
Preceded byThomas R. Williams[5]
Succeeded byPatrick Deane[6]
Personal details
Born
Daniel Robert Woolf[7]

(1958-12-05) 5 December 1958 (age 65)[8]
London, England[8]
SpouseJulie Gordon-Woolf[9]
ChildrenSarah, Samuel and David[7]
EducationQueen's University at Kingston (BA)
University of Oxford (DPhil)

Daniel Robert Woolf FRHistS FSA FRSC (born 5 December 1958) is a British-Canadian historian and former university administrator. He served as the 20th Principal and Vice-Chancellor of Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario, Canada, a position to which he was appointed in January 2009 and took up on 1 September 2009.[10] He was previously a professor of history and the Dean of the Faculty of Arts at the University of Alberta. He was reappointed to a second 5-year term in 2013.[11][12] In late 2017, Woolf announced his intention not to serve a third term and to retire from university administration at the end of his second term in 2019.[13][14][15] He was succeeded by Patrick Deane,[16] and became Principal Emeritus.[17]

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  11. ^ "Queen's Principal Daniel Woolf reappointed for a second term". Queen's Gazette. 18 March 2013. Archived from the original on 30 May 2021. Retrieved 30 May 2021.
  12. ^ Alphonso, Caroline (20 March 2013). "Daniel Woolf to head Queen's for second term". The Globe and Mail. Archived from the original on 30 May 2021. Retrieved 30 May 2021.
  13. ^ Sherriff-Scott, Iain (28 November 2017). "Principal Woolf no longer seeking third term". The Queen's Journal. Archived from the original on 1 March 2021. Retrieved 30 May 2021.
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  15. ^ "Queen's principal announces he will not seek third term". The Kingston Whig-Standard. 28 November 2017. Archived from the original on 12 July 2018. Retrieved 30 May 2021.
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