Person
Hart, Alfred (1870 - 1950)
- Born
- 5 December 1870
Iowa, United States of America - Died
- 6 October 1950
Victoria, Australia - Occupation
- Teacher
Summary
Alfred Hart spent most or his life either studying of teaching. It took him eight years to complete a Bachelor of Arts (1896), because he had to work to support himself. First he worked as a schoolteacher in north-east Victoria and Gippsland, then was appointed headmaster of St James's Grammar School in Melbourne. Hart then completed a Master of Arts, a Bachelor of Science and a Master of Science over the next eleven years. During this time, he continued to teach, lecturing in the fields of science, business and English. He worked at Melbourne Grammar School, the Working Men's College, and at various Catholic teachers' colleges. He also ran his own chemical analysis business for several years and was an ardent scholar of Shakespeare's works. Alfred Hart was secretary and president of the Melbourne Shakespeare Society many times, a regular speaker at Society events and authored many key articles.
Details
Chronology
- 1879
- Life event - Migrated to Australia (Melbourne) with family
- 1888 - 1896
- Education - Bachelor of Arts (BA), University of Melbourne
- 1901
- Education - Master of Arts (MA), University of Melbourne
- 1902 - ?
- Career position - Science Master at Melbourne Grammar
- 1902 - 1908
- Career position - Teacher and Instructor (part-time then full-time), Working Men's College, Melbourne
- 1904
- Education - Bachelor of Science (BSc), University of Melbourne
- 1906
- Award - Dixson Research Scholarship
- 1908 - 1935
- Career position - Head of the Department of Mathematics and Physics, Working Men's College, Melbourne
- 1911
- Education - Master of Science (MSc), University of Melbourne?
- 1924 - 1950
- Career position - Member representing graduates in arts at the standing committee of Convocation for the University of Melbourne
- 1940
- Education - Doctor of Letters (LittD), University of Melbourne [Study of Shakespeare]
Related entries
Published resources
Book Sections
- Bradley, David, 'Hart, Alfred (1870-1950)' in Australian Dictionary of Biography, Bede Nairn and Geoffrey Serle, eds, vol. 9 (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1983), pp. 218-219. http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A090219b.htm. Details
Resources
- Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q21230244. Details
- VIAF - Virtual International Authority File, OCLC, https://viaf.org/viaf/76683092. Details
- 'Hart, Alfred (1870-1950)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-852341. Details
McCarthy, G.J.
Created: 20 October 1993, Last modified: 8 February 2010
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