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词条 John Manning Ward
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  1. University administration

  2. Death

  3. References

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John Manning Ward (6 July 1919 – 6 May 1990) was a Vice-Chancellor and Challis Professor of History at the University of Sydney.

Ward was born in Sydney and was educated at Fort Street Boys High School and the University of Sydney. He was admitted to the NSW Bar in 1948.

Professor Ward was a distinguished historian, serving as Challis Professor of History from 1948 to 1979. He steered the History Department through a period of scarce resources into an era of expansion.

He produced major books and articles on British, Imperial and Australian history. His books include British Policy in the South Pacific, 1796-1893 (reprinted three times); 'Earl Grey and the Australian Colonies, 1847-1856; Colonial Self-Government, the British Experience, 1759-1856; and James Macarthur, Colonial Conservative, 1798-1867, the latter being the first in a trilogy on conservatism in Australia. Professor Ward had planned on retirement to complete the other two books in the series.

He was appointed Visiting Professor at Yale University in 1963; Visiting Fellow at All Souls College, Oxford in 1968; and was the Smuts Visiting Fellow at Cambridge University in 1972.

University administration

Ward had previously been Fellow of Senate from 1974 to 1977, and took office as Vice-Chancellor of the University of Sydney in 1981 and held that position until 1990. He was the first University of Sydney graduate to have held that post since the University's foundation. Professor Ward was a member of the University staff for 47 years.

Death

On 6 May 1990, Professor Ward, together with his wife Patricia, 69, and his daughter Jennifer, 36, were on board the 3801 steam train on a Sunday excursion run between Sydney and the Hunter Region. They were all killed when a commuter train collided with the rear of the steam train near Hawkesbury River railway station in the Cowan rail accident. The collision also killed Moira Jennings, the wife of the Registrar, as well as injuring several other members of the University.

References

  • {{cite web|url=http://www.usyd.edu.au/senate/VC_Ward.shtml|title=Professor John Manning Ward AO — Vice-Chancellor 1981-1990 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081123021730/http://www.usyd.edu.au/senate/VC_Ward.shtml|archivedate=23 November 2008}}
  • {{cite web|url=http://sydney.edu.au/arms/archives/history/FUO/VC_Ward.shtml|title=University Officers - Professor John Manning Ward AO|accessdate=15 October 2016}}
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