About W.A.E. (Peter) McBryde W.A.E. (Peter) McBryde, PhD, taught at Toronto and later at the University of Waterloo, where he was head of chemistry and then dean of science. He began this proejct in the 1980s, but illness forced him to abandon it. He died in 2004. Books by W.A.E. (Peter) McBryde Historical Distillates Chemistry at the University of Toronto since 1843 by (author) Adrian G. Brook & W.A.E. (Peter) McBryde