T.E. Jessop (1947-1948)
Thomas Edmund Jessop was born in 1896 in the West Riding of Yorkshire. After teaching at the University of Glasgow, he held the Ferens Chair in philosophy at the University College in Hull, England from 1928.
John MacMurray (1948-1949)
John MacMurray was born at Maxwell, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland, in 1891. During the First World War, he enlisted as a private and in 1916 was awarded the Military Cross. After the war, he returned to Oxford to study history and philosophy.
The Chancellor Dunning Trust Lectures Digital Collection
The Queen鈥檚 University Chancellor Dunning Trust was established in 1946 by an anonymous donor to 鈥減romote understanding and appreciation of the supreme importance of the dignity, freedom and responsibility of the individual person in human society.鈥 Since 1948, the Trust has brought well-known academics, politicians, activists, and intellectuals from around the world and Canada to Queen鈥檚 for visits ranging from a few days to several weeks.