Historical Database
of Australian Elites

Professor Sir John Grenfell Crawford

University chancellor
Born
4 April 1910, Hurstville, New South Wales
Died
28 October 1984, Acton, Australian Capital Territory
Sex
Male
Father
Henry Crawford (stationmaster; brother of Thomas Simpson Crawford [qv])
Mother
Harriet Isabel Wood
Brother of Prof Raymond Maxwell Crawford [qv]; married Jessie Anderson Morgan (clerk)

Degrees

1932Bachelor of EconomicsThe University of Sydney
1940Master of EconomicsThe University of Sydney

Career

  • Several honorary doctorates.
  • Schoolteacher.
  • Economist.
  • Sec, Cwlth Dept of Commerce and Ag 1950-56.
  • Sec, Cwlth Dept of Trade 1956-60.
  • Prof of Economics, ANU from 1960, Vice-Chancellor 1968-73, Chancellor 1976-84.
  • CBE 1954, knight bachelor 1959, AC 1978.

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