John Henry MacFarland

Sir John Henry MacFarland (19 April 1851 – 22 July 1935) was an Irish–Australian university chancellor.

MacFarland was born in Omagh, Tyrone, Ireland and educated at the Royal Academical Institution, Belfast.

In 1881, MacFarland became the first master of Ormond College in the University of Melbourne. In 1919, he became chancellor of the university and was knighted the same year.

MacFarland became a director of the National Mutual Life Association c. 1905 and was chairman from 1928.

Sources

• Geoffrey Serle, MacFarland, Sir John Henry (1851 - 1935), Australian Dictionary of Biography, Vol. 10, MUP, 1986, pp 266-267. Retrieved 3 January 2011
• Serle, Percival (1949). "MacFarland, John Henry". Dictionary of Australian Biography. Sydney: Angus & Robertson. Retrieved 2011-01-03.