Antony Kidman
| Antony Kidman | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Antony David Kidman 10 December 1938 Sydney, Australia |
| Died | 12 September 2014 (aged 75) Singapore |
| Cause of death | Heart attack |
| Occupation | Psychologist, biochemist, writer |
| Years active | 1960s–2014 |
| Spouse(s) | Janelle (m. 1964–2014) (his death) |
| Children |
Nicole Kidman (born 1967) Antonia Kidman (born 1970) |
Antony David Kidman AM (10 December 1938 – 12 September 2014) was an Australian psychologist, biochemist and academic. He was the father of actress Nicole Kidman.
Kidman was born in Randwick and grew up in North Sydney, the oldest of four children to Arthur David Kidman and Margaret Emily Mary Callachor. He was of Scottish descent.
Kidman attended St Aloysius' College and then completed a Bachelor of Science at the University of Sydney and a Master of Science at the University of New South Wales. He accepted an American Cancer Society Scholarship and undertook a PhD in biochemistry at the University of Hawaii at Manoa.
In the late 1960s, Kidman moved to Washington DC to work at the National Institute of Mental Health at St. Elizabeth Psychiatric Hospital. He returned to Australia in the early 1970s to take up a position as a lecturer in biochemistry at Monash University. He moved to the University of Technology Sydney in 1972 and worked there until his death.
In 1977, Kidman established the Foundation for Life Sciences, a non-profit organisation focused on youth mental illness. It was renamed the Antony Kidman Foundation after his death.
After his wife was diagnosed with breast cancer in the 1980s, Kidman trained in cognitive behavioural therapy and became a clinical psychologist. In 1985, he established the Health Psychology Unit at the University of Technology, from where he conducted research into the biological and psychological aspects of cancer. He wrote over 150 journal articles and nine books.
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