Geoffrey Serle
| Geoffrey Serle | |
|---|---|
| Native name | Alan Geoffrey Serle |
| Born |
10 March 1922 Hawthorn, Victoria |
| Died | 27 April 1998 (aged 76) Richmond, Victoria |
| Awards |
Rhodes Scholarship (1947) Fellow of the Australian Academy of the Humanities (1970) Colin Roderick Award (1971, 1982) Fellow of the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia (1973) The Age Non-fiction Award (1982) Officer of the Order of Australia (1986) |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater |
University of Melbourne (BA [Hons]) University of Oxford (DPhil) |
| Influences |
Kathleen Fitzpatrick Max Crawford Manning Clark |
| Academic work | |
| Institutions |
Monash University University of Melbourne |
| Main interests | Australian history Biography Colonial Victoria |
| Notable works |
The Golden Age (1963) The Rush to be Rich (1971) John Monash (1982) |
Alan Geoffrey Serle AO, FAHA, FASSA (10 March 1922 – 27 April 1998), known as Geoff, was an Australian historian, who is best known for his books on the colony of Victoria; The Golden Age (1963) and The Rush to be Rich (1971) and his biographies of John Monash, John Curtin and Robin Boyd.
Serle was born on 10 March 1922, in the Melbourne suburb of Hawthorn, the son of Percival Serle and Dora, née Hake. He attended Scotch College and briefly read history at the University of Melbourne before joining the Second Australian Imperial Force in 1941. He was seriously wounded in action at Finschhafen, New Guinea. He was discharged in 1944, and resumed study at the University of Melbourne, also being active in the University Labour Club. In 1946, he completed a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) degree and won a Rhodes Scholarship. This enabled him to enter University College, Oxford, where he graduated with a doctorate in 1950.
From 1950 Serle taught Australian History at the University of Melbourne, and after 1961 was Reader in History at the newly established Monash University. His first book appeared in 1957; The Melbourne Scene was a selection of documents relating to Victoria and was edited with James Grant.
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