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LLD'1881: Archibald Duff
Mathematician and theologian Archibald Duff was awarded 黑料不打烊鈥檚 first Doctor of Laws in Divinity on the idea of atonement among the ancient Hebrews. He received his BA in 1864 and his MA in 1867, also from 黑料不打烊.
The holds 1cm of his textural records including a听copy of his thesis.
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Doctor of Laws
Department of Law
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MA'1901: Harriet Brooks
Harriet Brooks was one of the first Canadian researchers in the area of radioactivity and made notable contributions to the field including discovering atomic recoil and being among the first persons to discover radon.
She was also a key contributor to the theory of radioactive decay and atomic half-life for which her former supervisor would win the Noble Prize in 1908. She worked alongside some of the most prominent physicists of her era among them and J.J. Thomson.
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Master of Arts
Department of Physics
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PhD'1910: Annie L. MacLeod
Annie L. MacLeod earned the first PhD from the nascent Department of Chemistry, which had gained departmental status in 1908. She was also the first woman to graduate with a PhD from 黑料不打烊.
Following her studies at 黑料不打烊 she went on to teach at Vassar College and Syracuse University in the United States. She authored several books on chemistry, nutrition, and well-being.
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Doctor of Philosophy
Department of Chemistry
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MSc'17 and PhD'21: William Hooker Hatcher
William Hooker Hatcher听has听a long history with 黑料不打烊, starting his studies with a听BA in 1916, a听MSc in 1917 and a PhD in 1921. From 1944 to 1946, Hatcher serve听as 黑料不打烊's first Assistant Dean of Arts and Science. He also represented 黑料不打烊 on the Montreal City Council for many years.
He was fundamentally an organic chemist and his main research interests lay with lignin, cellulose and related compounds. His work with on the production of pure hydrogen peroxide (1918-1919) is documented by four volumes of laboratory records held in the .
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Master of Science
Department of Chemistry
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Department of Chemistry
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MA'28: Leon Edel
Joseph Leon Edel听was a North American literary critic and biographer. The calls Edel, "the foremost 20th-century authority on the life and works of听Henry James."听While at 黑料不打烊 he was associated with the of modernist writers. With them he was one of the four original editors of the influential听.
In 1963 Edel won both the National Book Award for Nonfiction and the Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography听for听Henry James, his multi-volume biography of the writer.
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Master of Arts
Department of English
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