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Sir Edmund Walker Head, 8th Baronet, KCB (16 February 1805 – 28 January 1868) was a 19th-century British politician and diplomat. ==Life== He was born at Wiarton Place, near Maidstone, Kent, the son of the Reverend Sir John Head, 7th Bt. and Jane (née Walker) Head. He was educated at Winchester College and Oriel College, Oxford, and in 1830 he was made a Fellow of Merton College.〔 He succeeded to his father's title in 1838. He was an Oxford scholar and tutor who published several books. He was simultaneously Governor General of the Province of Canada, and Lieutenant Governor of both Canada West and Canada East (1854–1861). He had previously been Lieutenant-Governor of New Brunswick (1847–1854). He was appointed a Privy Councillor in 1857, and knighted Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath in 1860. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1863.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title= Library and Archive Catalogue )〕 In 1866, Head published ''The Story of Viga Glum'', which he had translated from the original Icelandic. While Lieutenant-Governor of New Brunswick, Head authorized the creation of an engineering faculty at the University of New Brunswick (UNB). This was the first such programme in what would become Canada. In his honour, the buildings housing this faculty at UNB are called Head Hall.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://unbarchivesandspecialcollections.wikispaces.com/Sir+Edmund+Head+Hall )〕 The city of Edmundston, New Brunswick, was named after him.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://edmundston.ca/en/notre-ville/historique-et-culture )〕 In the county of Renfrew, a township of Head was named in his honour. He died in London in 1868. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Edmund Walker Head」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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