'Pansy'
A Life of Roy Douglas Wright
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Word Count
88,000 words, Guess
Page Count
352 pages
Physical Format
Hardcover
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL10438613M
- ISBN-139780522846263
- ISBN-100522846262
- OCLC Control Number43635469
- Library of Congress Control Number00551179
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- Goodreads3165245
Classifications
- LCCLA2392.W75M36 1999
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.
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