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W. G. K. Duncan

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Walter George Keith Duncan
Born(1903-07-11)11 July 1903
Died18 December 1987(1987-12-18) (aged 84)
SpouseDorothy Mary Anderson
Academic background
Doctoral advisorHarold Laski
Academic work
InstitutionsUniversity of Sydney
University of Adelaide

Walter George Keith Duncan FASSA, (1903-1987) was an Australian academic and political scientist.[1]

Education

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Duncan was educated at Fort Street Boys' High School, Sydney, completing his education, BA and MA at the University of Sydney and PhD at the London School of Economics.[1][2]

Career

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Duncan returned to Australia in 1932 where he taught at the University of Sydney.[1]

Duncan joined the University of Adelaide in 1951 as the chair of history and political science.[1] Duncan retired in 1968, but in 1973 completed a previously unfinished commissioned centenary history of the University of Adelaide.[1]

In 1962, Duncan delivered the fourth in the annual series of ABC Boyer Lectures) "In Defence of the Common Man".[1]

Personal

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Duncan was born on 11 July 1903 in Leichardt, Sydney, to New Zealanders George Henry Duncan and Clara Walton.[1] Duncan married Dorothy Mary Anderson in 1934, but had no children. He died on 18 December 1987.[1]

Honours and awards

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  • 1956 Elected Fellow of the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia[2]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h Stretton, Hugh. "Duncan, Walter George Keith (1903–1987)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Australian National University. Retrieved 22 August 2021.
  2. ^ a b "Professor Walter Duncan". Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia. 1956. Retrieved 27 August 2021.