Fonds F724 - William Hamilton Fyfe fonds

William Hamilton Fyfe was born in London in 1878. William won scholarships to Fettes College, Edinburgh, and to Merton College, Oxford. He took his drgree in 1901. After several years in the British educational system he toured Canada in 1930 with a group of English public school headmasters. He was offered, and accepted, the principalship of Queen's University where he remained until 1936, when he returned to Britain as the Principal of the University of Aberdeen. He remained there until he retired in 1948.