McGill University facts for kids
McGill University or just McGill is a university in Montreal, Canada. It was created in 1821, few years before the country Canada existed. McGill University does a lot of important research and has North America's first Museum, called Redpath Museum.
Many people think McGill University is one of the best universities in North America.
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The interior of the Redpath Museum
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The recently renovated McTavish Street is a critical artery connecting the lower campus to the upper campus
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McGill's coat of arms
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3rd prime minister of Canada Sir John Abbott (BCL, 1847).
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7th prime minister of Canada Sir Wilfrid Laurier (BCL, 1864).
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Inventor of the game of basketball James Naismith (BA, 1887).
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Co-inventor of the charge-coupled device and Nobel prize laureate in Physics Willard Boyle (BSc, 1947; MSc 1948; PhD 1950).
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Emmy Award winner known for his portrayal of Captain Kirk in the Star Trek franchise William Shatner (BComm, 1952).
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Balzan Prize winner, referred to as "the founder of neuropsychology" Brenda Milner (PhD, 1952)
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Grammy Award winner and poet Leonard Cohen (BA, 1955).
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6th President of Latvia Vaira Vīķe-Freiberga (PhD, 1965).
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48th Prime Minister of Egypt Ahmed Nazif (PhD, 1983).
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Former astronaut and 29th governor general of Canada Julie Payette (BEng, 1986).
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Turing Award winner Yoshua Bengio (BEng, 1986; MSc, 1988; PhD, 1991).
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The current and 23rd prime minister of Canada Justin Trudeau (BA, 1994).
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Former international president of Médecins Sans Frontières Joanne Liu (MDCM, 1991; IMHL, 2014).
See also
In Spanish: Universidad McGill para niños
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