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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 2012-01-30 human Rebecca Rigby updated 2025-10-07 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P004931b.htm person Adam Leonhard AACR2 16 December 1891 9 September 1960 Place of Birth Berlin, Germany Place of Death Bonn, Germany Anthropologist Ethnologist Academic Curator Lawyer Leonhard Adam fled Nazi Germany in 1938, was one of the 2,500 Jewish refugees labelled 'enemy aliens' who were sent from England to Australia aboard the Dunera. Adam was released from refugee internment at Tatura to take part in an ethnographic project with Professor Max Crawford at the University of Melbourne and went on to the position of scholar (1943-1947), lecturer (1947-1956) and part-time curator of the ethnographic collection (1958-1960). His dedication to the improvement of the ethnological collection at the University led to its renaming as the Leonhard Adam Ethnological Collection. c. 1912 1916 Education - Bachelor's Degree in Ethnology, Universities of Berlin and Griefswald c. 1916 1920 Education - Degree in Practising Law, Berlin University 1919 1938 Career position - Editor of Zeitschrift für Vergleichende Rechtswissenschaft (Journal of Comparative Jurisprudence) 1931 1933 Career position - Lecturer in ethnological jurisprudence and primitive law at the Institute of Foreign Laws, Berlin 1933 1933 Life event - Nazi law disallowed him from practising in his field. c. 1933 c. 1933 Career position - Member of the board of experts of the Ethnographical Museum, Berlin 1938 1938 Life event - Transported to Australia by the British Government as an 'enemy alien' aboard the Dunera 1938 1942 Life event - Interned at refugee camp, Tatura, Victoria 1943 1943 Career position - Collaborated with Prof. Max Crawford on Aboriginal uses of stone. 1943 1947 Career position - Scholar, University of Melbourne 1947 1956 Career position - Lecturer in anthropology, University of Melbourne 1956 1956 Life event - Naturalised as an Australian Citizen 1957 1957 Award - Awarded a doctorate from the University of Bonn, Germany 1958 1960 Career position - Part-time Curator of the Ethnographic Collection, University of Melbourne The University of Melbourne (1853 - )

Lecturer in Anthropology 1947 - 1956; Curator of Ethnographic Collection (part-time) 1958 - 1960

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 'Adam, Leonhard', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Adam, Leonhard Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Book Section: Adam, Leonhard (1891-1970), anthropologist and lawyer Dening, Greg Adam, Leonhard (1891-1970), anthropologist and lawyer Melbourne Melbourne University Press 1993 Australian dictionary of biography, volume 13: 1940 - 1980 A-De John Ritchie 8-9 Journal Article: The abstract art of the Aranda Adam, Leonard The abstract art of the Aranda 1960 Anthropos 55 3/4 345-54 Journal Article: "Has Aboriginal art a future?" Leonhard Adam's essay and the development of the Australian Aboriginal art market Sloggett, Robyn "Has Aboriginal art a future?" Leonhard Adam's essay and the development of the Australian Aboriginal art market 2015 International journal of cultural studies 18 2 167-83 Journal Article: The odyssey of Leonhard Adam Inglis, Ken The odyssey of Leonhard Adam 2017 History Australia 14 4 561-78 Journal Article: The creation of indigenous collections in Melbourne: how Kenneth Clark, Charles Mountford, and Leonhard Adam interrogated Australian indigeneity Anderson, Jaynie The creation of indigenous collections in Melbourne: how Kenneth Clark, Charles Mountford, and Leonhard Adam interrogated Australian indigeneity 2009 Les actes de colloques du musée du quai Branly Jacques Chirac 1 Journal Article: In memoriam Leonhard Adam Massola, A. In memoriam Leonhard Adam 1961 Oceania 31 3 161-5 Journal Article: The outsider anthropologist? Leonhard Adam in Germany and Melbourne Davis, Michael The outsider anthropologist? Leonhard Adam in Germany and Melbourne 2020 Australian journal of biography and history 4 113-30