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At Uni of Melbourne was Vice President (1917,1922-24) and President (1925-27) Professorial Board and Chairman of Extension Board.
Book of Remembrance entry
LL.D., M.A. (Aberd.), M.A. (Oxf.), M.A. (Melb.); Vice- Chancellor, Sydney, 1927; formerly Assistant-Professor and Lecturer in English at Aberdeen, also at Aberdeen Training College, and for candidates at Oxford for the Indian Civil Service; Professor of English Language and Literature at Melbourne University, 1912-1927, Dean of the Faculty of Arts, 1917-27, President of the Professorial Board, 1924-27. On service with A.I.F., 1917-19, 2nd Lieut. Field Artillery Reinforcements, in April, 1918, attached A.I.F. Education School, Cambridge; Lieut, and Superintendent of Studies, Education Service, A.I.F., at Corps School, Rue, afterwards on Salisbury Plain; demobilised November 3rd, 1919. Early education at Gordon's College, Aberdeen : Blackwell Prizeman and Murray Scholar, Aberdeen; Exhibitioner, Christ Church, Oxford.
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1882Birth in Aberdeenshire -Old Deer-, Scotland 1 August 1882
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?Early education at Gordon’s College, Aberdeen, Scotland
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?Tertiary education at University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC, Australia
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1904Tertiary education at University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, Scotland 1904
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1909Assistant Professor at Aberdeen --, Scotland 1909
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1911Tertiary education at Oxford University, Oxford, England 30 November 1911
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1912Chair of English Language and Literature at Parkville -University of Melbourne- VIC, Australia 1912
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1914Dean of Arts faculty at Parkville -University of Melbourne- VIC, Australia 1914
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1917Military service as 2nd Lieutenant 16 November 1917
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1919Military service as Lieutenant 3 November 1919
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1927Vice Chancellor at Camperdown -University of Sydney- NSW, Australia 1927
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1928Tertiary education at University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, Scotland 1928
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1941Appointed K.B.E. 1941
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?Enlisted
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1961Death in Canberra -- ACT, Australia 1961
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