Sir John Behan | |
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| Born | John Clifford Valentine Behan 8 May 1881 Footscray, Victoria, Australia |
| Died | 30 September 1957 (aged 76) |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Education | Caulfield Grammar School University High School |
| Alma mater | University of Melbourne University of Oxford |
| Occupation(s) | Educationist and lawyer |
| Known for | First Victorian Rhodes Scholar Warden of Trinity College, Melbourne |
Sir John Clifford Valentine Behan KBE (8 May 1881 – 30 September 1957), the first Rhodes Scholar from the state of Victoria, was an Australian educationalist and lawyer, the second warden of Trinity College at the University of Melbourne, and "beyond the college life [at Trinity,] he was a sound and far-seeing secretary in Australia of the Rhodes Scholarship Trust for 30 years from 1922 to 1952".[1]
- ^ Oldham, John, Letter to the Editor: "The Late Sir John Behan", The Age (Melbourne), 3 October 1957, p.2.