BIRMINGHAM UNIVERSITY
THE NEW PRINCIPAL DR PRIESTLEY APPOINTED LONDON. Nov. 18. A meeting of the Court of Governors of the University of Biimingham appointed Dr R. E. Priestley, of Melbourne University, vice-chancel-lor and principal. Dr Walter Barrow, pro-chancellor, said they were fortunate in securing a man who, he believed, would fill the post with high distinction. D.r Priestley has had a distinguished career. He was a member of the Shackleton and Scott Antarctic expeditions, and was Professorial Fellow of Clare College, Cambridge, from 1923 to 1934. He served m the Great War. Since 1935 he has been vice-chancellor of Melbourne University.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 23354, 20 November 1937, Page 14
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