Peter Colin Campbell

Peter Colin Campbell (1810–1876) was a Scottish clergyman in the Church of Scotland who became the first professor at Queen's University, Canada and was later the first Principal of the University of Aberdeen, a role he held for 21 years.

[1] He was born on 21 January 1810 in the manse of Ardchattan in Argyleshire, the son of Rev George Campbell, the parish minister.

[3] In 1840 he was officially appointed as its first professor, in the role of Professor of Classics (Latin and Greek) at Queen's University, but not until 1842 did he begin lecturing (alongside Thomas Liddell as Principal).

[4] He left Queen's in 1844 and returned to Scotland, where he got an appointment as the parish minister of the small Perthshire village of Caputh in September 1845.

[6] He died on 12 December 1876 and is buried in Old Machar Churchyard in Old Aberdeen.