Biographical entry Dunbabin, Robert Leslie (1869 - 1949)
- Born
- 16 July 1869
Cambridge, Tasmania, Australia - Died
- 15 October 1949
- Occupation
- Psychologist and Naturalist
Summary
Robert Leslie Dunbabin was born in Tasmania and graduated from Oxford in 1892. He was appointed Professor of Classics, University of Tasmania 1914-39 but his wider interests included psychology, philology, geography and zoology.
Archival resources
University of Tasmania Library, Special/Rare Collection
- Robert Leslie Dunbabin - Records, 1874 - 1944, UT.24; University of Tasmania Library, Special/Rare Collection. Details
Published resources
Book Sections
- Waters, K. H., 'Dunbabin, Robert Leslie (1869-1949)', in Bede Nairn and Geoffrey Serle (eds), Australian Dictionary of Biography, vol. 8, Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 1981, pp. 364-365. Also available at http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A080389b.htm. Details
Online Resources
- National Library of Australia, 'Dunbabin, Robert Leslie', Trove, National Library of Australia and the Australian National Maritime Museum Darling Harbour, 2009, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1464506. Details
McCarthy, G.J.
Created: 20 October 1993, Last modified: 27 July 2006
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