McMaster University (Unframed)950 s n 95 AP Image Size 15 X 22 McMaster University Architect: W. L. Somerville and J. Francis Brown & Son Landscaping Firm: Dunington Grubb Builder: J. H. Pigott William McMaster was born in Ireland in 1811, the son of a linen draper. He immigrated to New York and a year later moved to Toronto, which was to be the site of the original McMaster University. As well as becoming the first president of the Canadian Bank of Commerce and being appointed to