George Whitecross Paton
Sir George Whitecross Paton | |
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Melbourne University (1921-1925) Magdalen College, Oxford (1926-1929) | |
| Parent(s) | Clara Sophia Heyer Frank Hume Lyall Paton |
| Relatives | John Gibson Paton (paternal grandfather) |
Sir George Whitecross Paton (16 August 1902 โ 16 June 1985) was an Australian legal scholar and
Early life and education
Paton was born on 16 August 1902 in
He married Alice Watson (1905โ1994) on 11 July 1931 and they had four children.
Academic life
Paton became a
Major publication
Paton's major published work, A Text-Book of Jurisprudence, appeared in 1946 and went through further editions. It won the Swiney Prize, a British award for works on jurisprudence.[3] In Australia and elsewhere, it was (in one reviewer's words) "to many students the text-book of jurisprudence".
Royal Commission on Television in Australia (1953-1954)
On 5 February 1953, Paton was appointed Chairman of the Royal Commission on Television in Australia. Other members of the commission were C.B. Bednall, Mrs. Maud Foxton, R.G. Osborne, R.C. Wilson and N.S. Young. Its object was to enable Australia to profit from the experience of other countries in introducing and controlling television. The enquiry considered the numbers of national and commercial channels to be established, the economics involved and standards to be observed.
References
- Melbourne University website. "History of the Melbourne Law School - George Paton". Retrieved 1 January 2010.
- ANZSOC website. "Presidents of the Australian and New Zealand Society of Criminology". Retrieved 1 January 2010.
- ^ [1]. Retrieved 20 December 2010
- ^ Poynter, J. R. "Paton, Sir George Whitecross (1902โ1985)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. Retrieved 10 January 2023.
- ^ Lee, Sidney, ed. (1898). . Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 55. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
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