Geoffrey Serle | |
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Born | |
Died | 27 April 1998 | (aged 76)
Awards | Rhodes Scholarship (1947) Fellow of the Australian Academy of the Humanities (1970) Colin Roderick Award (1971, 1982) Fellow of the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia (1973) The Age Non-fiction Award (1982) Officer of the Order of Australia (1986) |
Academic background | |
Alma mater | University of Melbourne (BA [Hons]) University of Oxford (DPhil) |
Influences | Percival Serle Kathleen Fitzpatrick Max Crawford Manning Clark |
Academic work | |
Institutions | Monash University University of Melbourne |
Main interests | Australian history Biography Colonial Victoria |
Notable works | The Golden Age (1963) The Rush to be Rich (1971) John Monash (1982) |
Alan Geoffrey Serle AO, FAHA, FASSA (10 March 1922 – 27 April 1998), known as Geoff, was an Australian historian, who is best known for his books on the colony of Victoria; The Golden Age (1963) and The Rush to be Rich (1971) and his biographies of John Monash, John Curtin and Robin Boyd.[1][2]