Challis Professorship Explained

The Challis Professorship are professorships at the University of Sydney named in honour of John Henry Challis, an Anglo-Australian merchant, landowner and philanthropist, whose bequests to the University of Sydney allowed for their establishment.

In 1880 John Henry Challis bequeathed residuary real and personal estate to the University, "to be applied for the benefit of that Institution in such manner as the governing body thereof shall direct".^[1] From the income of the Fund a sum of £7,500 was applied for the payment of half the cost of the erection of a new Chemical Laboratory, and a further sum of £1,900 devoted to the erection of a marble statue of Mr Challis, which has been placed in the Great Hall, opposite to that of Mr W. C. Wentworth.^[2] The Challis appointments were then created.

Holders

English

• John Le Gay Brereton (1921-1933)^[3]
• A.J.A. Waldock (1934–50)^[4]
• Wesley Milgate (1951–61)^[5]
• Sam L. Goldberg (1963–66)^[6]
• Gerry Wilkes (1966–96)^[7]
• Margaret Harris (2006–07)^[8]
• Paul Giles (2010–)^[9]

Philosophy

• Francis Anderson (1890-1921)
• Bernard Muscio (1922-1926)^[10]
• John Anderson (1927-1958)
• J. L. Mackie (1959-1963)
• David Malet Armstrong (1964-1991)
• Keith Campbell
• Huw Price (2002-2012)^[11]
• Moira Gatens (2012-2021)^[12]
• Paul E. Griffiths (2022-)^[13]

History

• George Arnold Wood (1891-1928)
• Stephen Henry Roberts (1929-1947)
• John Manning Ward (1948-1979)
• Deryck M. Schreuder (1980-1992)^[14]
• Ros Pesman (2003-?2004)
• Stephen Garton (?2004-2009?)^[15]
• Shane White (?2010-2021?)
• Chris Hilliard (2022-)^[13]

Law

• Pitt Cobbett (1890-1909)^[16]
• John Peden (1910-1941)^{[17] [18]}
• James Williams (1942-1946)^[17]
• Kenneth Owen Shatwell (1947-1974)^[19]
• William Loutit Morison (1982-1985)^[20]
• Ross Waite Parsons (1986)^[21]

• David Harland (1989^[22] -2001^[23])
• Richard Vann (2002?-)^{[24] [25]}

International Law and Jurisprudence (split)

This chair appears to have been the fourth of its kind in the English-speaking world. Its predecessors were the Regius Chair of Public Law and the Law of Nature and Nations at the University of Edinburgh; the Chair of Jurisprudence and the Law of Nations at UCL; and the Chair of Jurisprudence and International Law at Trinity College, Dublin. It was split after Stone's retirement into two separate chairs.^[16]

• Archibald Hamilton Charteris (1920-1940)^{[26] [27]}
• Julius Stone (1942-1973)^[16]

International Law

• David Johnson (1976-1985)^[28]
• James Crawford (1986-1992)^[29]
• Ivan Shearer (1993-2003)^[30]
• Donald Rothwell (2004-2006)^[31]
• Gillian Triggs (2010-2012)^[32]
• Ben Saul (2016-)^[33]

Jurisprudence

• Alice Erh-Soon Tay (1975-2002)^{[34] [35]}

• Wojciech Sadurski (2009-)^[36]

Anatomy

• James Thomas Wilson (1890-1920)
• John Irvine Hunter (1923-1924)
• Arthur Neville Burkitt (1926-1955)
• Neil William Macintosh (1955-1973)
• Michael J. Blunt (1973-1984)
• Jonathan Stone (1987-2003)

Biology

The chair was founded in 1899, but renamed in to Zoology when Botany was created as a separate chair.^{[37] [38]} It returned to its original name in 1963.

• William Aitcheson Haswell (1890-1917)^[37]
• Launcelot Harrison (1922-1928)^[39]
• William John Dakin (1929-1948)^[40]
• Patrick Desmond Fitzgerald Murray (1949-1960)^[41]
• Charles Birch (1960-1983)^[42]
• Donald Thomas Anderson
• Norman Alan Walker (1992-1993)^{[43] [44]}

Civil Engineering

• William Henry Warren (29 July 1889-?1925)^{[45] [46]}
• Jack Roderick (1951-1978)^[47]
• Nicholas S. Trahair (1978-1998)^[48]
• John Carter (1999-2005?)
• Kim Rasmussen (2009-)

See also

• List of University of Sydney people

External links

• http://gutenberg.net.au/ebooks15/1500721h/0-dict-biogCa-Ch.html#challis1
• http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/challis-john-henry-3186

Notes and References

1. Web site: Dictionary of Australian Biography Ca-Ch.
2. Book: http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/challis-john-henry-3186. Australian Dictionary of Biography. Challis, John Henry (1806–1880). National Centre of Biography, Australian National University.
3. Web site: Brereton, J. Le Gay (John Le Gay), 1871-1933.
4. Cable . K. J. . Waldock, Arthur John Alfred (1898–1950) . waldock-arthur-john-alfred-11935 . 3 August 2018.
5. Web site: Obituary - Wesley Milgate - Obituaries Australia . oa.anu.edu.au . 3 August 2018.
6. Web site: Obituary - Samuel Louis (Sam) Goldberg - Obituaries Australia . oa.anu.edu.au . 3 August 2018 . July 1934.
7. Book: Little . Geoffrey . Imperfect apprehensions: essays in English literature in honour of G.A. Wilkes . 1996 . Challis Press . 9780646300450 . 288 . 4 August 2018 . en.
8. Book: Gay . Penny . Johnston . Judith . Victorian Turns, NeoVictorian Returns: Essays on Fiction and Culture . 2009 . Cambridge Scholars Publishing . 9781443811811 . xi . 4 August 2018 . en.
9. Web site: Fellows - Australian Academy of the Humanities . www.humanities.org.au . 4 August 2018 . en-AU.
10. O'Neil . W. M. . Muscio, Bernard (1887–1926) . muscio-bernard-7714 . 19 June 2023 . en.
11. Web site: Huw Price. The Conversation. 18 April 2011 . en.
12. Web site: Professor Moira Gatens - The University of Sydney. 20 June 2017.
13. Web site: USydSoH Twitter . Twitter . 19 June 2023 . en.
14. Web site: Deryck Schreuder.
15. Web site: Professor Stephen Garton.
16. Public International Law:Realism, Scepticism and the Future World Order: Some Thoughts on Julius Stone's Contribution to International Law . Sydney Law Review. 13 SydLR 475. Crawford. James. James Crawford (jurist). 1 October 2017.
17. Law and Images of History: a Reminiscence. Sydney Law Review. 11. March 1986. 115–133. William Loutit. Morison. 4 August 2018.
18. Ward . John M. . Peden, Sir John Beverley (1871–1946) . peden-sir-john-beverley-8008 . 28 June 2023 . en.
19. Sydney Law Review . 1990 . 12 . 2/3 . vii . http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/journals/SydLawRw/1990/21.pdf . 26 April 2020.
20. The Future Scope of Australian Common Law . Sydney Law Review . 1991 . 13 . 3 . 335 . 26 April 2020.
21. Sydney Law Review . 1991 . 13 . 3 . 435 . Income Taxation: An Institution in Decay. 26 April 2020.
22. Book: Calendar 2000 . University of Sydney . 26 April 2020.
23. Lindgren . Kevin . Introduction . Sydney Law Review . 2006 . 28 . 1 . 26 April 2020.
24. Book: The Faculty of Law Handbook 2002 . 2002 . The University of Sydney . 1 . 26 April 2020.
25. Book: The Faculty of Law Handbook 2001 . 2001 . The University of Sydney . 1 . 26 April 2020.
26. 2005 Charteris Lecture:THE UNIVERSAL DECLARATION ON BIOETHICS AND HUMAN RIGHTS - PRESENT AT THE CREATION. Michael. Kirby.
27. Web site: Archibald Hamilton Charteris P038.
28. The Sydney Law School Reports. 1. 2000. 10. Ivan. Shearer. Obituary: Professor David Johnson (1920-1999).
29. Web site: Biography: Judge James Crawford Squire Law Library . www.squire.law.cam.ac.uk . 26 January 2019.
30. Web site: Emeritus Professor Ivan Shearer.
31. Web site: Donald R. Rothwell. 16 May 2011 .
32. Web site: Former President - Professor Gillian Triggs . www.humanrights.gov.au . 26 January 2019 . en . 14 December 2012.
33. Web site: Professor Ben Saul . Chatham House . 26 January 2019 . en.
34. Web site: A champion of human rights. 25 May 2004.
35. Professor Emeritus Alice Tay. Ron. McCallum. April 2003. The Sydney Law School Reports. 20 June 2017.
36. Web site: News The University of Sydney . sydney.edu.au . 26 January 2019.
37. Book: Percival . Serle . Dictionary of Australian Biography Ha-He . 1949 . Angus and Robertson . Sydney . 19 November 2020.
38. Morison . Patricia . Haswell, William Aitcheson (1854–1925) . haswell-william-aitcheson-6597 . 19 November 2020.
39. News: Professor Harrison. 19 November 2020 . Sydney Morning Herald . 22 February 1928 . 16.
40. Book: Rolls . Mitchell . Johnston . Anna . Travelling Home, 'Walkabout Magazine' and Mid-Twentieth-Century Australia . 6 July 2016 . Anthem Press . 978-1-78308-539-2 . 180 . 19 November 2020 . en.
41. Wimborne . Brian . Murray, Patrick Desmond Fitzgerald (1900–1967) . murray-patrick-desmond-fitzgerald-11214 . 19 November 2020.
42. Web site: Birch, Louis Charles, (FAA) (1918-2009) . trove.nla.gov.au . 19 November 2020.
43. Book: The University of Sydney Calendar 1993 . 1993 . 30 . 19 November 2020.
44. News: Cairncross . Lynne . Voracious thinker explored the science of plants . 19 November 2020 . The Sydney Morning Herald . 6 May 2014 . en.
45. Book: History of the AMME School. 1. General Introduction. Roger. Tanner. John. Kent.
46. Web site: Kim Rasmussen awarded the Challis Professorship.
47. Web site: Jack William Roderick 1913-1990 Australian Academy of Science . www.science.org.au . 28 June 2023 . en.
48. Papangelis . J. . Giżejowski . M. A. . In memory of the late Professor Nicholas Snowden Trahair . Archives of Civil Engineering . 2021 . 67 . 2 . 5–6 . .