University of Adelaide

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University of Adelaide

EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION

Location:
Adelaide, South Australia, Australia

Founding Date:
1874

Motto:
Sub Cruce Lumen

Enrollment:
25,000

Official Website:
http://www.adelaide.edu.au/

STUDENTS

Name Occupation Birth Death Known for

Julie Bishop Politician 17-Jul-1956 Deputy Leader, Australian Liberal Party

Lawrence Bragg Physicist 31-Mar-1890 1-Jul-1971 Bragg's Law of diffraction

Helen Caldicott Activist 7-Aug-1938 Anti-nuclear crusader

David Chalmers Philosopher 20-Apr-1966 Philosopher of Consciousness

John Maxwell Coetzee Novelist 9-Feb-1940 Reclusive South African novelist, essayist

Lynton Crosby Politician 1957 Australian political strategist

Howard Florey Scientist 24-Sep-1898 21-Feb-1968 Isolated penicillin

Robert Hill Government 25-Sep-1946 Australian Minister for Defence, 2001-06

Elton Mayo Psychologist 26-Dec-1880 7-Sep-1949 Student of Industrial Civilization

Mark Oliphant Physicist 8-Oct-1901 14-Jul-2000 Deuterium reactions

J. Robin Warren Doctor 11-Jun-1937 H. pylori bacteria causes ulcers

TEACHERS AND PROFESSORS

Name Occupation Birth Death Known for

William Bragg Physicist 2-Jul-1862 12-Mar-1942 Analyzed crystal structures

Paul Davies Physicist 22-Apr-1946 The Mind of God

Ronald Fisher Mathematician 17-Feb-1890 29-Jul-1962 Analysis of variance and covariance

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