Hodgins John George 1821- Born In Dublin Came To Canada 1833


Educated at Upper Canada Academy, Victoria College, and Toronto

University. Appointed to department of education of Upper Canada, 1844;

secretary of provincial board of education; 1846; deputy superintendent

of education, 1855; deputy minister of education, 1876-1889; librarian

and historiographer of the education department since 1889. =Index=: (Egerton Ryerson era)

Graduate of Victoria College, 144; Ryerson's right-hand man, 179, 202;

his estimate of children attending school in 1845, 189; objections noted

to School Act of 1870-1871, 205; his history of separate schools in

Upper Canada, 234; on Ryerson's last days, 295-296. =Bib.=: Works:

Documentary History of Education in Upper Canada; Legislation and

History of Separate Schools in Upper Canada. For biog., see Morgan,

Can. Men; Canadian Who's Who.



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