Background
Source: Wikipedia
James Beaven (9 July 1801 – 8 November 1875) was a Church of England clergyman and author, educated and employed in England until accepting an appointment as professor of divinity at the University of Toronto, in 1843. Beaven served as the first dean of the original University of Toronto Faculty of Arts (the predecessor to what would later become the University of Toronto Faculty of Arts and Science) from 1844 to 1853. Beaven was an accomplished classical scholar and wrote a number of books.
