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Biographical entry Brown, Gavin (1942 - )
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- Born
- 27 February 1942
Lundin Links, Fife, Scotland - Occupation
- Mathematician and Science administrator
Summary
Gavin Brown is Vice-Chancellor of the University of Sydney. He is an executive board member of the Australian government's Business, Industry and Higher Education Round Table and was the inaugural Chairman of the Group of Eight, comprising Australia's leading research universities. He is a former Vice-President of the Australian Academy of Science, and a former Council member of the Australian Research Council.
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- 1963
- Education - Master of Arts (MA) completed at University of St Andrews, Scotland
- 1966
- Education - Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) completed at the University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, UK
- 1966
- Career position - Junior Research Fellow at the University of Edinburgh, Scotland
- 1966 - 1975
- Career position - Assistant Lecturer then Lecturer and Senior Lecturer at the University of Liverpool, UK
- 1967 - 1968
- Career position - Visiting Associate Professor at the University of Illinois, USA
- 1974 - 1975
- Career position - Visiting Lecturer at the University of Washington, USA
- 1975 - 1992
- Career position - Chair of Pure Mathematics at the University of New South Wales
- 1977
- Award - Sir Edmund Whittaker Memorial Prize received from the Edinburgh Mathematical Society
- 1979
- Career position - Visiting Professor at the University of York, UK
- 1981 -
- Award - Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science (FAA)
- 1982
- Award - Australian Mathematical Society Medal received
- 1986
- Career position - Visiting Professor at the University of Cambridge, UK
- 1989 - 1992
- Career position - Dean of the Faculty of Science at the University of New South Wales
- 1992 - 1993
- Career position - Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research) at the University of Adelaide
- 1992 - 1993
- Career position - Member of the Australian Research Council
- 1993 - 1994
- Career position - Vice-President of the Australian Academy of Science
- 1994 - 1996
- Career position - Vice-Chancellor of the University of Adelaide
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Published resources
Book Sections
- Brown, Gavin, 'McCallum, Norman Elliott White (1915-1976), Forensic Scientist', in John Ritchie (ed.), Australian Dictionary of Biography, vol. 15, Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 2000, p. 163. Also available at http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A150200b.htm. Details
Online Resources
- 'Brown, Gavin', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-867327. Details
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Created: 14 September 2005, Last modified: 2 February 2011