John Machar

Her father, John Machar , was a Presbyterian minister, an abolitionist, and an advocate of universal education. For nine years, from 1846 to 1854, he was the principal of Queen's College , now Queen's University

AMM published at least two biographies early in her career. In 1859 came Faithful unto Death, A Memorial of John Anderson , late janitor of Queen's College. The second biography, published in 1873, was...