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词条 Robert Strachan Wallace
释义

  1. Early life

  2. Academic and military career

  3. Chief film censor

  4. Later life

  5. References

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| name = Robert Strachan Wallace
| image =
| caption =
| order =
| title = Vice Chancellor of the
University of Sydney
| term_start = 1928
| term_end = 1947
| predecessor = Mungo William MacCallum
| successor = Stephen Henry Roberts
| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=y|1882|8|01}}
| birth_place = Old Deer, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=y|1961|9|05|1882|8|01}}
| death_place = Canberra, Australia
| alma_mater = University of Aberdeen
Christ Church, Oxford
| profession = Academic and censor
| spouse = Mary Murray McAdam
| children =
| website = University of Sydney
| footnotes =
}}Sir Robert Strachan Wallace (1 August 1882 – 5 September 1961) was an Australian academic, army officer and film censor. Wallace served as the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Sydney from 1928 to 1947. He was Australia's chief censor from 1922 to 1927 and served as a member of the Australian Broadcasting Commission from 1932 to 1935.[1][2]

Early life

Wallace was born in Old Deer, Aberdeenshire, Scotland on 1 August 1882. The son of a blacksmith, he was educated at Robert Gordon's College, the University of Aberdeen, and Christ Church, Oxford where he took first-class honours in English literature.[1]

Academic and military career

After working as a Lecturer in English at the University of Aberdeen, Wallace was appointed as Professor of English Language and Literature at the University of Melbourne, Australia in 1912. While at Melbourne, Wallace also served as the administrator and dean of the faculty of arts from 1914 to 1917.[1]

Wallace enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force in 1917. In 1918 he was posted to the A.I.F. Education Service in Cambridge, England and served as the director of the Australian Corps Central School at Rue, France.

After the war, Wallace continued at the University of Melbourne, where he held several senior board and academic positions, before being appointed Vice-Chancellor of the University of Sydney in 1927, a role he commenced in 1928. He continued as Vice-Chancellor until his retirement in 1947.[1][3]

Wallace used his influence and government contacts to secure new funding for the university and, while having to deal with salary reductions, lack of essential equipment and financial constraints, established several new chairs, including the Bosch chairs in medicine, surgery and bacteriology, and expanded the university's course offerings.[1] Wallace became known as "the building Vice-Chancellor". Upon taking up his post in 1928, Wallace found that the university's quadrangle was "overgrown, and the grounds beyond were in much worse repair."[4] During his tenure, Wallace oversaw the renovation of university grounds, and the construction of a new medical school, biology laboratories, and the establishment of the departments of biochemistry and geography. A lecture theatre, bearing his name, was also constructed. Wallace worked to maintain the university's independence, despite the receipt of government grants.[1][4] The university received a £100,000 donation from the Rockefeller Foundation for the construction of the medical school, and in 1932 Wallace traveled to the US to personally thank the Foundation for its support to education in Australia.[5]

In 1939, Wallace was commissioned to undertake an operational review of the University of Western Australia, which encompassed "all phases of University activity...including organisation of the teaching departments, library development, adult education, public examinations, and future expansion of...activities."[6]

{{wide image|SydneyUniversity MainBuilding Panorama.jpg|660px|{{center|The University of Sydney's quadrangle was renovated under Wallace's Vice-Chancellorship}}|alt=A panoramic photograph of the Quadrangle}}

Chief film censor

Wallace served as Australia's chief censor for cinematographic films from 1922 to 1927.[1][7] In February 1927, while working as chief censor, Wallace made news when he tracked down and apprehended two armed men who had earlier broken into his home.[8][9]

Later life

Wallace was awarded a Knight Bachelor in the 1941 New Year Honours list.[2][10] In 1947 he retired from the University of Sydney and moved to Canberra, where he died on 5 September 1961. He was buried in Canberra cemetery.[1][11]

References

1. ^{{cite web|url=http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/wallace-sir-robert-strachan-8962|title=Biography – Sir Robert Strachan Wallace|last=Bygott|first=Ursula|year=1990|work=Australian Dictionary of Biography – Volume 12|publisher=National Centre of Biography at the Australian National University|accessdate=31 August 2013}}
2. ^{{cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article17719863?s|title=Sir Robert Wallace|date=1 January 1941|work=The Sydney Morning Herald|accessdate=31 August 2013}}
3. ^{{cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article26429071?|title=Vice Chancellor of Sydney University|date=14 October 1947|work=The Mercury|page=18|accessdate=31 August 2013|location=Hobart, Tasmania}}
4. ^{{cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article27902366?|title=University's "Building Vice-Chancellor"|date=3 December 1946|work=The Sydney Morning Herald|page=2|accessdate=5 September 2013}}
5. ^{{cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article32540351?|title=NOTED EDUCATIONALIST. Professor Wallace's Visit.|date=27 September 1932|work=The West Australian|accessdate=5 September 2013|location=Perth}}
6. ^{{cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article46439072?#pstart3728668|title=University Inquiry, Survey by Commissioner, Dr R. S. Wallace to Act|date=20 November 1939|work=The West Australian|accessdate=5 September 2013}}
7. ^{{cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article4688589?|title=Federal Appointments – Professor Wallace Film Censor|date=10 March 1922|work=The Argus|page=6|accessdate=31 August 2013|location=Melbourne}}
8. ^{{cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article93587159?|title=Film Censor in Real Act|date=22 February 1927|work=Northern Star|accessdate=31 August 2013|location=Lismore, NSW}}
9. ^{{cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article68222023?|title=Stolen "Vinegar" – Plucky Professor Bails Up Two Thieves|date=19 February 1927|work=Advocate|page=5|accessdate=31 August 2013|location=Burnie, Tasmania}}
10. ^{{cite journal|date=21 November 1941|title=The London Gazette|page=6712|url=http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/35354/pages/6712/page.pdf|accessdate=2 September 2013}}
11. ^{{cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article103086603?|title=Death of Sir Robert Wallace|date=7 September 1961|work=The Canberra Times|page=3|accessdate=31 August 2013}}
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