'Pansy'
Subtitle: A Life of Roy Douglas Wright
Publisher: Melbourne University Publishing; Melbourne University Press
Published: July 1, 1999
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 352
ISBN-13: 9780522846263
Subjects: Biography: general; Medical research; Universities / polytechnics; 20th century; Australia - History; Biography And Autobiography; History; Biography/Autobiography; Victoria; Australia & New Zealand - General; 1907-; Australia; Biography; College administrators; Educators; Wright, Roy Douglas,
Description: "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."--BOOK JACKET.