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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

NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown 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

NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown 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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