John Forrest

John Forrest (November 25, 1842 – June 23, 1920) was a Canadian Presbyterian minister and educator in Nova Scotia. He served as President of Dalhousie University from 1885 to 1910, during which time he oversaw the university's expansion with new departments and the Studley Campus. on November 25, 1842.

During the summer of 1879, while the university faced imminent closure, his brother-in-law through Catherine, the dime novel publisher George Munro, lived with Forrest at Forrest's residence in Brunswick Street. Explaining the university's financial situation, In 1910, the university purchased the Studley Estate from the heirs of Robert Murray, which would become the Studley Campus. Forrest was receptive to the possibility of a merger with the University of King's College.