Colin Roderick
Colin Roderick (27 July 1911 – 16 June 2000) was an Australian writer, editor, academic and educator.
Early life and education
Roderick was born in Mount Morgan, Queensland on 27 July 1911.
He attended Bundaberg State School and then, while working as a school teacher, studied through the external studies programme at the University of Queensland, graduating in 1936 with a B.A. He later graduated from the same university with a B.Ed., an M.A., an M.Ed., and finally, in 1954, with a Ph.D. for which he wrote a thesis on Rosa Praed. For part of this period he belonged to the Australian Army.[1]
Career
He worked as editor for the Australian publisher and bookseller Angus & Robertson from 1945 through 1965 and was the firm's director in 1961–65. He was the foundation professor of English at the James Cook University, in Townsville, Queensland.[2]
Final years
After retiring, Roderick was made Emeritus Professor in English at James Cook University and subsequently received an honorary Litt.D. from that university and from the Université de Caen.
Honours and awards
- 1974: Gold Medal of the Australian Literature Society[3]
https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/A21740
https://whisperinggums.com/2012/07/09/monday-musings-on-australian-literature-who-is-colin-roderick/
https://www.jcu.edu.au/foundation-for-australian-literary-studies
Personal life
Roderick died in Townsville, Queensland on 16 June 2000.
References
- ^ Colin Roderick, austlit.edu.au. Retrieved 20 September 2020.
- ^ Roderick, Colin, in: William H. Wilde, Joy Hooton, and Barry Andrews, The Oxford Companion to Australian Literature (2nd ed.), Oxford University Press, 1994 (online edition 2015). Retrieved 18 October 2019.
- ^ a b Peter Pierce, "Farewell to literature patriot", The Age, 17 Jun 2000, p. 19.
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