biography
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| male
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| lived:
| (1744–1813)
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| biography:
| Entrepreneur and philanthropist, born in Glasgow, W Scotland, UK. He emigrated to Canada in the 1770s, and made a fortune in the NW fur trade and in Montreal. He bequeathed land and money to found McGill College, Montreal, which became McGill University in 1821. |
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