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Sir Walter Logie Forbes Murdoch, KCMG (17 September 1874 – 30 July 1970) was a prominent Australian academic and essayist famous for his intelligence and wit.
Sir Walter Logie Forbes Murdoch, KCMG (17 September 1874 – 30 July 1970) was a prominent Australian academic and essayist famous for his intelligence and wit. He was a founding professor of English and former Chancellor of the University of Western Australia (UWA) in Perth, Western Australia.
Sir Walter Logie Forbes Murdoch (1874-1970), popular essayist and university professor and chancellor, was born on 17 September 1874 at Rosehearty, a fishing village north-west of Aberdeen, Scotland, fourteenth and last child of Rev. James Murdoch, minister of the Free Church of Scotland, and his wife Helen, née Garden. Rev.
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Biography. Walter Murdoch, born at Rosehearty, Scotland, was educated at Camberwell Grammar School, Scotch College and the University of Melbourne. After teaching at country and suburban schools he was appointed assistant lecturer in English at the University of Melbourne.
Named for Sir Walter Murdoch (1874-1970), widely regarded as one of Australia’s finest essayists, writers and educators, Murdoch University quickly became home to some of the state's finest students and academics.
Overview. Murdoch, Walter. (1874—1970) Quick Reference. (1874–1970) was educated at the University of Melbourne and in 1912 became foundation professor of English at the University of Western Australia. He was a prolific essayist and widely syndicated ... From: Murdoch, Walter Logie Forbes in The Oxford Companion to Australian History »
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Sir Walter Murdoch KCMG (1874–1970), academic and essayist, was born in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, and came to Australia with his family in 1884. On graduating from Melbourne University, Murdoch went into teaching for several years before being appointed an assistant lecturer in the English department of his alma mater.
