Lindsay Ride
| Sir Lindsay Ride | |
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| Vice-Chancellor of HKU | |
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In office 1949–1964 |
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| Preceded by | Dr. Duncan Sloss |
| Succeeded by | Dr. W. C. G. Knowles |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 10 October 1898 |
| Died | 17 October 1977 (aged 79) |
| Spouse(s) | Mary Margaret Louisa Fenety (m.1925) Violet May Witchell (m.1954) |
| Children | Dr. William David Lindsay Ride Edwin John Lindsay Ride |
| Alma mater |
Scotch College, Melbourne New College, Oxford |
| Lindsay Tasman Ride | |||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 賴廉士 | ||||||||
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| Yue: Cantonese | |
| Yale Romanization | Laaih Lìhm-sih |
| Jyutping | Laai6 Lim4-si6*2 |
Sir Lindsay Tasman Ride, CBE, Hon RAM (Chinese: 賴廉士) (10 October 1898 – 17 October 1977), was an Australian physiologist and soldier who became the 5th Vice Chancellor of the University of Hong Kong.
Ride was born in Newstead, Victoria. He was the fifth child of Australian-born parents William Ride and Eliza Mary (née Best). His father was a pioneering Presbyterian missionary and his mother the daughter of a stonemason.
Ride attended three state schools in the country before being awarded a scholarship to Scotch College, Melbourne. There, he excelled in sport and won a senior government scholarship. On 14 February 1917, Ride enlisted in the AIF. Early in 1918, he joined the 38th Battalion on the Western Front. He was twice wounded, once seriously. Subsequently on 24 April 1919, he was 'invalided out' of the army.
Ride enrolled in medicine at the University of Melbourne. There he took an active interest in sport by participating in rifle shooting, athletics, rowing, cricket and football. He was the president of the Students' Representative Council from 1921 to 1922. Ride was elected Victorian Rhodes scholar for 1922. At New College, Oxford, 'Blue' Ride as he was known, became captain of boats and steward of the junior common-room. With only mediocre academic results, authorities were nevertheless impressed to the point that they rated him 'a good Rhodes Scholar' and a 'first rate fellow'.
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