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University Chancellors
Many University of Melbourne office bearers were influential members of society within the fields of jurisprudence, medical science or business and are therefore of interest to both historians of the University and to more general researchers.
The University of Melbourne Archives (UMA) hold the papers of seven chancellors, five
deputy chancellors, eleven vice-chancellors and three deputy vice-chancellors.
These pages contain comprehensive biographies, links to the University of Melbourne Archives finding aids, as well as documenting associated holdings across the University’s Cultural Collections, external institutions and additional resources.
This project has been made possible though a generous donation by the Baillieu family.
James William Barrett, Sir (1862-1945)
Vice-Chancellor 1931–1934, first Deputy Chancellor 1934–1935 and Chancellor, 1935–1939 (Oculist and Surgeon)
Raymond Edward Priestley, Sir (1886-1974)
Vice-Chancellor 1935–1938 (Geologist and Antarctic Explorer)
Margaret Blackwood, Dame (1909-1986)
Deputy Chancellor 1980-1983 (Botanist and Geneticist)
Roy Douglas Wright, Professor Emeritus, Sir (1907-1990)
Deputy Chancellor 1972–1980, Chancellor 1980–1989 (Professor of Physiology, Director of the Peter MacCallum Clinic)
Records of Chancellors, Deputy Chancellors and Vice-Chancellors held by the UMA
The Hon William Foster Stawell, Chancellor (1881-1882)
The Hon. Dr William Edward Hearn, Chancellor (1886)
Sir Anthony Colling Brownless, Vice-Chancellor (1858-1887), Chancellor (1887-1897)
Martin Howey Irving, Vice-Chancellor (1887-1889)
Leonard William Weickhardt, Deputy Chancellor (1966-1972), Chancellor (1972-1978)
The Hon. Sir (Albert) Edward Woodward, Chancellor (1990-2000)
Sir Wilfred Russell Grimwade, Deputy Chancellor (1941-1943)
The Right Hon Hugh Culling Eardley Childers, first Vice-Chancellor (1853-1857)
Sir John Grice, Vice-Chancellor (1918-1923)
Sir John Dudley Gibbs Medley, Vice-Chancellor (1938-1951)
Sir George Whitecross Paton, Vice Chancellor (1951-1968)
Sir David Plumley Derham, Vice-Chancellor (1968-1982)
Links
Former Office Bearers of the University of Melbourne
History of the University Unit