Finlay Crisp

Leslie Finlay Crisp (19 ga watan Janairun shekara ta 1917 - 21 ga watan Disamba shekara ta 1984) masanin kimiyya ne kuma masanin kimiyyar siyasa na Australiya.

The son of Leslie Walter Crisp (1884–1965), and Ruby Elizabeth Crisp (1896–1951), née Duff, Leslie Finlay Crisp was born in Sandringham, Victoria on 19 January 1917. He married Helen Craven Wighton (1916–2002), whom he had met at university in Adelaide, on 22 June 1940 in Oxford, England. He suffered a heart attack on 19 December 1984, and died in Canberra on 21 December 1984.

Ya yi karatu a Makarantar Jihar Black Rock, Makarantar Grammar ta Caulfield da Kwalejin St Peter, Adelaide, inda ya kammala a 1934, Crisp ya sami digiri na farko a fannin kimiyyar siyasa da tarihi daga Jami'ar Adelaide . Yayinda yake a jami'a, shi da matarsa, daga baya, Helen (a lokacin Helen Wighton) sun kafa Ƙungiyar Ɗaliban Jami'ar Australiya ta Kasa.

A shekara ta 1938, an ba shi Kyautar Rhodes Scholarship kuma ya ci gaba da karatu a Kwalejin Balliol a Jami'ar Oxford, kodayake an katse karatunsa yayin da yake aiki ga Ma'aikatan Jama'a na Australia a lokacin yakin duniya na biyu . A shekara ta 1945, ya kasance memba na Wakilin Australiya don kafa Majalisar Dinkin Duniya. Ya sami digiri na farko na Arts da Master of Arts daga Oxford a shekarar 1948.

Ayyukansa sun haɗa da matsayi tare da Short-wave Broadcasting Service (daga baya Rediyo Australia) da Ma'aikatar Ayyuka da Ayyuka na Kasa, kuma ya zama shugaban Ma'aikatu na Ginin Bayan Yaƙi a cikin 1949. 

A shekara ta 1949, Crisp ya buga rubutun MA daga Jami'ar Adelaide a matsayin Gwamnatin Majalisar Dokoki ta Commonwealth na Australia . An tsara shi sosai a matsayin littafin siyasa, an faɗaɗa shi kuma an sake masa suna Gwamnatin Ƙasar Australiya a shekarar 1965.  Daga 1950, ya kasance farfesa a fannin kimiyyar siyasa a Kwalejin Jami'ar Canberra sannan kuma a Jami'ar Kasa ta Australia a Canberra, yana aiki a matsayin shugaban sashen daga 1950 zuwa 1970. Kodayake ya kara takaici da canje-canje a jami'o'in Australiya, ya ci gaba da koyarwa har sai da ya yi ritaya a shekarar 1977.  An nada shi darektan Bankin Commonwealth a shekara ta 1974, kuma ya yi aiki a matsayin shugaban kwamitin daga 1975 zuwa 1984.

A shekara ta 2005, Crisp da matarsa sun kasance biyu daga cikin 17 na farko da aka shigar a cikin Gidan Girma na Babban Birnin Australiya, suna fahimtar gudummawar da suka bayar ga ci gaban Canberra. 

An sadaukar da Crisp Circuit a cikin unguwar Canberra ta Bruce da sunansa.Deaths: Ruby Crisp Adelaide Advertiser 13 February 1951 page 16

 Manazarta 

Rukuni:Mutuwan 1984
Rukuni:Haifaffun 1917