Patrick Deane (professor)
Patrick Deane | |
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Deane in 2018 | |
| 21st Principal and Vice-Chancellor of Queen's University | |
| Assumed office 1 July 2019 | |
| Chancellor | Murray Sinclair
Shelagh Rogers |
| Preceded by | Daniel Woolf |
| 7th President and Vice-Chancellor of McMaster University | |
| In office 1 July 2010 – 30 June 2019 | |
| Chancellor | Suzanne Labarge |
| Preceded by | Peter George |
| Succeeded by | David H. Farrar |
| Acting President of the University of Winnipeg | |
| In office 2002 – 2 May 2004 | |
| Preceded by | Constance Rooke |
| Succeeded by | Lloyd Axworthy |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 9 December 1956 South Africa |
| Nationality | Canadian South African |
| Education | University of the Witwatersrand (BA) University of Western Ontario (MA, PhD) |
| Academic background | |
| Thesis | Raising a valid sign: A defence of the form of David Jones's "Anathemata" (1986) |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | English literature |
| Institutions | |
Patrick Deane (born 9 December 1956) is a Canadian scholar and university administrator, currently serving as the 21st Principal of Queen's University. He was previously the acting president of the University of Winnipeg (2003–2004), the Vice-principal (Academic) at Queen's University (2005–2010) and the 7th President of McMaster University (2010–2019).