Record ID:
35084974 (Libraries Australia Authorities)
Authority type:
  • Name.
LC number:
  • n 50037340
Heading:
Birth:
  • 19191007
  • Melbourne, Victoria
Death:
  • 19820729
  • Toorak, Victoria
Associated with:
  • Melbourne, Victoria
Occupations:
  • legal professor
Notes:
  • Born in Melbourne 1919; educated at Scotch College and the University of Melbourne; served in the Royal Australian Navy; was a Rhodes Scholar to Oxford; Dean of the Law Faculty at the University of Melbourne and Vice-Chancellor of the Universities of New England and Queensland; served as Australia's Governor General from 1977 to 1982; Provost of Oriel College, Oxford; patron of the St. Kilda Football Club; awarded a Knight Bachelor; Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St. Michael and St. George, Knight of the Order of Australia, Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order.
  • Sydney Morning Herald website Sir Zelman Cowen life dates 1919-2011 http://www.smh.com.au/national/he-restored-australias-faith-sir-zelman-cowen-dies-at-92-20111209-1olqj.html
Local system number:
  • (AuCNL)9198
  • 000000085459
  • abv02050339
  • (VSL)1578882
  • (AuPaJTL)81494
  • (AU-CaAIA)XX14305
Cataloguing source:
  • AuCNLKIN eng
Authentication code:
  • anuc