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Pansy - A Life of Roy Douglas Wright (Paperback)
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Pansy - A Life of Roy Douglas Wright (Paperback)
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Roy Douglas ('Pansy') Wright was one of the great Australians of
the twentieth century. Born on a hill-country farm in northern
Tasmania in 1907, he became an extraordinarily successful medical
scientist and a builder of institutions such as the Australian
National University, the Peter MacCallum Cancer Clinic and the
Howard Florey Institute. He was loved for his brilliant, often
ribald, wit, his fierce loyalties and his sympathy for the
underdog. He died in 1990, shortly after completing a decade as
Chancellor of the University of Melbourne. Wright was a legendary
teacher and much-loved colleague and mentor. However, his ebullient
style disguised the private difficulties of a person who was often
unhappy and awkward with intimacy. He was also a controversial man.
His rivals interpreted his relentless energy in creating medical
institutions as megalomania. Others found his blunt personal style
abrasive and offensive. In particular, his championing of Professor
Sydney Sparkes Orra "dismissed by the University of Tasmania in
1956 for allegedly having seduced one of his studentsa "embroiled
him in a decade of public controversy. In this delightfully lucid
biography, Peter McPhee reveals the many contradictions in this
complex and brilliant man.
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