W. G. K. Duncan Explained

Walter George Keith Duncan
Birth Date:11 July 1903
Birth Place:Leichhardt, New South Wales, Australia
Workplaces:University of Sydney
University of Adelaide
Doctoral Advisor:Harold Laski
Spouse:Dorothy Mary Anderson

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

Education

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]

Career

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

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

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Stretton . Hugh . Duncan, Walter George Keith (1903–1987) . . . 22 August 2021.
  2. Web site: Professor Walter Duncan . Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia . 27 August 2021 . 1956.