Leonard Sylvanus Klinck was the second President of the University of British Columbia

University of British Columbia

The University of British Columbia is a public research university. UBC’s two main campuses are situated in Vancouver and in Kelowna in the Okanagan Valley...

 in Vancouver

Vancouver

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, Canada

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 from 1919 to 1940.

Biography

Leonard Klinck was born in Victoria Square, Ontario

Victoria Square, Ontario

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 in 1877. He graduated from the Ontario Agricultural College

Ontario Agricultural College

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 in 1903, and received an M.S.A. from Iowa State University

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 in 1905. He then taught at the Macdonald College at McGill University

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. In 1914, he became the Dean of the Faculty of Agriculture at the University of British Columbia

University of British Columbia

The University of British Columbia is a public research university. UBC’s two main campuses are situated in Vancouver and in Kelowna in the Okanagan Valley...

. He served as its second president from 1919 to 1944.