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1. McGill University

   McGill University is a public research university located in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Founded in 1821 during the British colonial era, the university bears the name of James McGill, a prominent Montreal merchant from Glasgow, Scotland and alumnus of Glasgow University, whose bequest formed the beginning of the university. Several colleges and universities were established by McGill, including the University of British Columbia, which was known as the McGill University College of British Columbia until 1915, the University of Victoria, an affiliated junior college of McGill until 1916, and Dawson College which began in 1945 as a satellite campus of McGill to absorb the anticipated influx of students after World War II. In addition, McGill medical graduate and former professor, William Osler, was among the four founders and early faculty members of the Johns Hopkins University medical school. Both founders of the University of Alberta, Premier Alexander Cameron Rutherford and Henry Marshall Tory, were also McGill alumni. With almost 215,000 living alumni worldwide, students and professors at McGill have been recognized in fields ranging from the arts and sciences, to business, politics, diplomacy, and sports. Notable alumni include nine Nobel Laureates; Overall, twelve Nobel laureates are affiliated with the university, one hundred and thirty-four Rhodes Scholars, three astronauts, two Canadian prime ministers, twelve justices of the Canadian Supreme Court, four foreign leaders, twenty-eight foreign ambassadors, nine Academy Award winners, three Pulitzer Prize winners, and twenty-eight Olympic medalists. In addition, McGill invented such sports as basketball, hockey, rugby, football, and cross-country skiing. McGill University is one of two member-universities of the Association of American Universities situated outside the United States.

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1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of mcgill university in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of mcgill university in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of mcgill university in a Sentence

1. Halford E. Luccock:

   Many years ago Rudyard Kipling gave an address at McGill University in Montreal. He said one striking thing which deserves to be remembered. Warning the students against an over-concern for money, or position, or glory, he said: "Some day you will meet a man who cares for none of these things. Then you will know how poor you are."

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