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Item Details
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PANSY
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| By: |
Peter McPhee |
| Format: |
Paperback |
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£61.95 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0522846262 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780522846263 |
| Publisher: |
MELBOURNE UNIVERSITY PRESS |
| Pub. date: |
11 July, 1995 |
| Pages: |
278 |
| Description: |
Roy Douglas ("Pansy") Wright was one of the great Australians of the 20th century. Born on a hill-country farm, he became a medical scientist and a builder of institutions such as the Australian National University. This biography reveals the many contradictions in this complex man. |
| Synopsis: |
Roy Douglas ('Pansy') Wright was one of the great Australians of the twentieth century.Born on a hill-country farm in northern Tasmania in 1907, he became an extraordinarily successful medical scientist and a builder of institutions such as the Australian National University, the Peter MacCallum Cancer Clinic and the Howard Florey Institute. He was loved for his brilliant, often ribald, wit, his fierce loyalties and his sympathy for the underdog. He died in 1990, shortly after completing a decade as Chancellor of the University of Melbourne. Wright was a legendary teacher and much-loved colleague and mentor. However, his ebullient style disguised the private difficulties of a person who was often unhappy and awkward with intimacy. He was also a controversial man. His rivals interpreted his relentless energy in creating medical institutions as megalomania. Others found his blunt personal style abrasive and offensive. In particular, his championing of Professor Sydney Sparkes Orra? ? dismissed by the University of Tasmania in 1956 for allegedly having seduced one of his studentsa? ? embroiled him in a decade of public controversy.In this delightfully lucid biography, Peter McPhee reveals the many contradictions in this complex and brilliant man. |
| Illustrations: |
16wraps |
| Publication: |
Australia |
| Imprint: |
Melbourne University Press |
| Returns: |
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