W. G. K. Duncan
Walter George Keith Duncan | |
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Born | Leichhardt, New South Wales, Australia | 11 July 1903
Died | 18 December 1987 | (aged 84)
Spouse | Dorothy Mary Anderson |
Academic background | |
Doctoral advisor | Harold Laski |
Academic work | |
Institutions | University of Sydney University of Adelaide |
Walter George Keith Duncan FASSA, (1903-1987) was an Australian academic and political scientist.[1]
Education
Duncan was educated at Fort Street Boys' High School, Sydney, completing his education, BA and MA at the University of Sydney and PhD at the London School of Economics.[1][2]
Career
Duncan returned to Australia in 1932 where he taught at the University of Sydney.[1]
Duncan joined the University of Adelaide in 1951 as the chair of history and political science.[1] Duncan retired in 1968, but in 1973 completed a previously unfinished commissioned centenary history of the University of Adelaide.[1]
In 1962, Duncan delivered the fourth in the annual series of ABC Boyer Lectures) "In Defence of the Common Man".[1]
Personal
Duncan was born on 11 July 1903 in Leichardt, Sydney, to New Zealanders George Henry Duncan and Clara Walton.[1] Duncan married Dorothy Mary Anderson in 1934, but had no children. He died on 18 December 1987.[1]
Honours and awards
- 1956 Elected Fellow of the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia[2]
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h Stretton, Hugh. "Duncan, Walter George Keith (1903–1987)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Australian National University. Retrieved 22 August 2021.
- ^ a b "Professor Walter Duncan". Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia. 1956. Retrieved 27 August 2021.
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