Biographical entry Elkington, John Simeon (1841 - 1922)

Professor

Born: 22 November 1841
Rye, Sussex, England
Died: 6 June 1922
Canterbury, Victoria, Australia
Occupation: Academic, Historian and Lawyer
Summary: MA, LLB.
University of Melbourne, President of the Professional Board from 1886 to 1887.
University of Melbourne, Professor of History and Political Economy from 1876 to 1912.
in 1879 he became the first Australian-educated scholar to be appointed to a chair at a university. (Australian Dictionary of Biography)

1876 - 1912: University of Melbourne - Professor of History and Political Economy
1886 - 1887: University of Melbourne - President of the Professional Board

Harper, Norman, Elkington, John Simeon (1841-1922), Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre for Biography, Australian National University, 1981, http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/elkington-john-simeon-6100. Details

Created: 22 August 2018, Last modified: 31 October 2018