Humphrey Pickard
Deceased Person
1813 – 1890
Who was Humphrey Pickard?
Humphrey Pickard was a Canadian Methodist minister, educator, and journalist. He was the first president from 1862 to 1869 of Mount Allison Wesleyan College.
Born in Fredericton, New Brunswick, Pickard attended Wilbraham Wesleyan Academy from 1829 to 1831. He attended one year at Wesleyan University in 1831 before returning to Fredericton to become a businessman. In 1835, he became a Methodist minister and returned to Wesleyan University in 1837 and graduated in 1839.
From 1869 to 1873, Pickard was editor of the Wesleyan, a Methodist newspaper in Halifax. "Wesleyan University conferred a D.D. on him in 1857."
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- Born
- Jun 10, 1813
Fredericton - Education
- Wesleyan University
- Wilbraham Wesleyan Academy
- Died
- Feb 28, 1890
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on July 23, 2013
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