Abraham Lincoln McCrimmon (1865 – April 16, 1935) was a Canadian

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 academic and Chancellor of McMaster University

McMaster University

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Born on a farm near Delhi in Norfolk County, Ontario

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, McCrimmon graduated from the University of Toronto

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 in 1890. In 1892, he started teaching at Woodstock College and five years later became its principal. From 1903 to 1904, he studied at the University of Chicago

University of Chicago

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. In 1906, he was appointed a professor at McMaster University. From 1911 to 1922, he was the Chancellor of McMaster.

A Baptist

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, he was president of the Baptist Convention of Ontario and Quebec for three terms from 1921 and 1932. He was also a vice-president of the Baptist World Alliance

Baptist World Alliance

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. He died in 1935.