In Pictures: U of T's Top 10 Beards and Moustaches

1. U of T President Daniel Wilson in 1890, upon taking office.

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.

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.

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.

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.

10. James Wilmott, Dean of Dentistry, reached the peak of U of T pognology in 1912.

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