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Principals (1864-1950)

Dr. G.W. Leitner (1864-86)

Dr G W Leitner 64-86

The College was opened on January Ist, 1864, under the sanction given by His honor the Lieutenant-Governor, to the establishment provided for it ...
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T.C. Lewis (1886-91)

T.C. Lewis

Dr. Leitner having departed this life, from an official point of view, a successor was found in the person of Mr. T.C. Lewis, theĀ  professor of Mathematics.
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Dr. C. R. Stulpnagel (1891-92)

Dr. C. R. Stulpnagel

Mr. Robertson, who had been officiating as Principal since 1888, was now oblige, owing to a breakdown in health, to take sick leave, from which he never returned. . . . .
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Prof. W. Bell (1892-96)

Prof. W. Bell

Mr. Bell continued to officiate as principal and was subsequently confirmed in that appointment. There was several changes on the staff in this year. . . .
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Prof. P.C. Dallingar (1896-98)

Prof. P.C. Dallingar

Mr. Bell departed on long leave in this year, and Mr. Dallingar acted for him, Mr. Hirst being appointed to officiate as professor of History. The number of students rose to 264 in this year, . . . .
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Prof. S. Robson (1898-12)

Prof. S. Robson

In 1898 the Lahore Mall was not attractive, being a dusty road with berms two or three inches deep in dust or mud according to the weather. There were no footpaths, and no tan ride.
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Prof. J. Stephenson (1912-19)

Prof. J. Stephenson

One of the most important features in the history of the College during recent years, is its development as as institution for instruction and investigation in science. in the early part of 1906 there were one . . .
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Prof. A. S. Hemmy (1919-27)

Prof. A. S. Hemmy

The College was sixty years old on the first day of 1924. Its Golden Jubilee was celebrated at the end of the year. The festivities started on 19 Dec, and end on 22 December.
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Prof. H.L. O. Garrett (1927-36)

Prof. H. L. O. Garrett

With Hemmy's departure, the command passed on to Herbert Leonard Offley Garret. Born in 1881, the Principal had graduated from St. John's College, Cambridge in 1902 and . . .
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Dr. H. B. Dunnicliff (1936-39)

Dr. H. B. Dunnicliff

Garrett was succeeded by Horace B. Dunnicliff who had served the College as Professor of Chemistry since 1917. Born in 1885, educated at Downing College, Cambridge, Dunnicliff had held . . .
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Prof. G. D. Sondhi (1939-45)

Prof. G. D. Sondhi

Dunnicliff was succeeded by Guru Datt Sondhi, the first old boy of College to become its Principal. Sondhi had joined the College in 1905 and left . . . .
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Prof. E. Dickenson (1945-47)

Prof. E. Dickenson

Sondhi was succeeded by Eric Dickenson, the senior-most member of the teaching staff. On being congratulated by a pupil on promotion to . . .
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Prof. A. S. Bokhari (1947-50)

Prof. A. S. Bokhari

The new Principal was no stranger to this institution. He had studied and taught in the College. When he took over, the city of Lahore was in the grip of communal violence.
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Prof. U. Kramet (1950)

Prof. U. Kramet

Bukhari's principalship was practically an absentee principalship. With his departure for the U.N., U. Kramet began to reign in his own right. But his tenure was brief. . . .
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