Professor Alan Rowland Chisholm

Professor of French
Born
6 November 1888, Bathurst, New South Wales
Died
9 September 1981, Armadale, Victoria
Sex
Male
Father
William Samuel Chisholm (coach painter)
Mother
Eliza Heagren
Married Laurel May Genge (schoolteacher)

Degrees

1911Bachelor of ArtsThe University of Sydney
1933Bachelor of ArtsThe University of Melbourne

Career

  • DLitt hc Monash 1971.
  • Prof of French, UMelb 1938-56.
  • OBE 1961.
  • Officier, Légion d'honneur (France).

Military service

  • First World War: Lieutenant 1st AIF.

Sources

Notes

BA Melb "conferred by special grace".
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