William Osgoode, M.A. (Oxon)

Photos and transcription by contributor Wayne Adam - Posted December, 2010

On the 2nd floor of Osgoode Hall at the north end of Convocation Hall, below a portrait of Osgoode, is this historical plaque. Here's what it says:

Plaque coordinates: 43.651791 -79.385741

William Osgoode, M.A. (Oxon) who, when the Province of Upper Canada was organised in 1792, became its First Chief Justice, and was afterwards Chief Justice of Lower Canada. Died 17th January 1824, aged 70, and was buried at the Church of St. Mary, Harrow-on-the-Hill, England.

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