Patrick Deane | |
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21st Principal and Vice-Chancellor of Queen's University | |
Assumed office 1 July 2019[1] | |
Chancellor | Murray Sinclair
Shelagh Rogers |
Preceded by | Daniel Woolf |
7th President and Vice-Chancellor of McMaster University | |
In office 1 July 2010[2] – 30 June 2019[3] | |
Chancellor | Suzanne Labarge |
Preceded by | Peter George |
Succeeded by | David H. Farrar |
Acting President of the University of Winnipeg | |
In office 2002[4] – 2 May 2004[5] | |
Preceded by | Constance Rooke |
Succeeded by | Lloyd Axworthy |
Personal details | |
Born | South Africa | 9 December 1956
Nationality | Canadian South African |
Education | University of the Witwatersrand (BA) University of Western Ontario (MA, PhD)[1][6] |
Academic background | |
Thesis | Raising a valid sign: A defence of the form of David Jones's "Anathemata" (1986) |
Academic work | |
Discipline | English Literature |
Institutions | |
Patrick Deane (born 9 December 1956) is a Canadian scholar and university administrator, currently serving as the 21st Principal of Queen's University. He was previously the acting president of the University of Winnipeg (2003–2004), the Vice-principal (Academic) at Queen's University (2005–2010) and the 7th President of McMaster University (2010–2019).[7]