| 1. U of T President Daniel Wilson in 1890, upon taking office. |
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2. Math and physics prof John Cherriman, a statistician, chess player, rifleman, flautist and astronomer, probably didn’t have time for a trim. |
| 3. William Houston, president of the University College Literary and Scientific Society in 1885, kept things straight. |
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4. Chemistry prof Henry Croft letting it all hang out in the groovy 1870s. |
| 5. Famous Canadian author and founding Master of Massey College, Robertson Davies, with his famous whiskerage. |
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6. Our favourite U of T beard, this beauty was sported by political economics prof James Mavor, founder of the Hart House Chess Club. |
| 7. Prof. Bernhard Fernow, appointed first dean of the Faculty of Forestry in 1907, took the sculptural approach. |
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8. Biologist Ramsay Wright, U of T’s first-ever Dean of Arts, and his moustache in 1884. |
| 9. English prof William John Alexander keeping a stiff upper lip in 1905. |
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10. James Wilmott, Dean of Dentistry, reached the peak of U of T pognology in 1912. |
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