Sir William Edward Hearn, 1826 - 1888

Name: HEARN, WILLIAM EDWARD (1826–1888)
Activity: Academics - Classics Chancellors Politicians
Date Range: 1861–1887
Quantity: 24 cm.
Description: Correspondence 1861–1887; notices and reports concerning the University Council and Senate 1881-1886; notes on legal matters including revision of the Legal Code 1877-1887. Land legislation material.
Listed: Yes listed
Accession Number: 61 / 1
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  Accession Number: 61/1

  Name: HEARN, WILLIAM EDWARD (1826–1888)
  Sex: Male
  Group:
  University
  individuals

  Activity:
  Academics - Classics
  Chancellors
  Politicians

  Location:
  Melbourne

  Historical Note: Born in Ireland in 1826, Hearn was educated at Trinity College, Dublin. In 1849 he was appointed Professor of Classics at the Queen's College, Galway, and later held office of Examiner to the Queen's University of Ireland. In 1854 he was one of the four Professors appointed at the opening of the University of Melbourne. His field covered modern history, modern literature, political economy and logic. When the Professor of Classics, Henry Erskine Rowe, died less than a month after arrival in Melbourne, Hearn conducted classes in classics until Professor Irving arrived in July 1856. In January 1859 Hearn offered himself as a candidate in a by- election for the Murray District in the Legislative Assembly but was defeated, and the University Council afterwards passed a statute to prevent Professors from sitting in Parliament. He was a member of the University Council 1882-1886, and Chancellor May-October 1886. He became Dean of Law in July 1873, resigning his professorship in other subjects at the end of the year. After a defeat at the polls in 1874, he was elected to the Legislative Council in 1878. He died in April 1888.

  Earliest Date: 1861
  Latest Date: 1887
  Access: Open
  Quantity: 24 cm.

  Description: Correspondence 1861–1887; notices and reports concerning the University Council and Senate 1881–1886; notes on legal matters including revision of the Legal Code 1877–1887. Land legislation material.

  Persons:
  A'Beckett, Edward F.
  Elkington, Prof. J..
  Finlayson, W.G.
  Moorhouse, James
  Gaffney, P.
  Orr, John
  Isaacs, Sir Isaac
  Kennedy, J.P.
  Sutherland, Alexander

  Organisations:
  H Playford and Co.
  Melbourne Club

  Places:

  Subjects:
  Politics
  Law
  University
  Education

  Listed: Yes listed
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