Nicholas Terpstra | |
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16th Provost of Trinity College, Toronto | |
Assumed office July 1, 2024 | |
Preceded by | Mayo Moran |
Personal details | |
Nationality | Canadian |
Alma mater | McMaster University (B.A.) University of Toronto (M.A.) University of Toronto (Ph.D.) |
Occupation | Professor Historian Administrator |
Website | Nicholas Terpstra |
Nicholas Terpstra is a Canadian historian and academic.[1] He is the 16th and current chancellor of Trinity College, Toronto having succeeded Mayo Moran in 2024.[2] He has been the vice president of the Renaissance society of America,[3] and is an internationally respected scholar of the Renaissance period.[4] As a professor of history at the University of Toronto, his research is multi disciplinary interacting with gender, religion, economics and more.[5]