Professor of Democracy: The Life of Charles Henry Pearson, 1830-1894, Oxford Don and Australian Radical
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Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
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In this masterful and deeply engaging historical biography, noted scholar John Tregenza delivers Professor of Democracy, the definitive chronicle of the extraordinary life and intellectual legacy of Charles Henry Pearson. Widely regarded as one of the most brilliant and influential intellectuals of the 19th-century Australian colonies, Pearson's journey represents a fascinating bridge between the hallowed, conservative halls of Oxford and the radical, pioneering political landscape of colonial Victoria. The narrative tracks Pearson's life from his early academic career as a Professor of Modern History at King’s College, London, to his unexpected migration to Australia at the age of forty. Once in Melbourne, his deep democratic convictions propelled him into the spotlight as an educational reformer, the founding headmaster of the Presbyterian Ladies' College, a writer for the Royal Commission on Education, and eventually a reformist Member of the Victorian Parliament and Minister of Public Instruction. Tregenza expertly weaves primary letters, political records, and historical context to illustrate how Pearson's visionary policies on progressive social reform, public schooling, and constitutional design fundamentally shaped the ideological framework of Australian federation. Complete with its original dust jacket and an elegant black-and-white frontispiece portrait from the 1880s, this scarce 1968 first edition from Melbourne University Press is an indispensable reference copy for historians, political scientists, and collectors of vital colonial Australiana.
Author: John Tregenza
Format: Hardback
Genre: Biography
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Good
Markings: No markings
In this masterful and deeply engaging historical biography, noted scholar John Tregenza delivers Professor of Democracy, the definitive chronicle of the extraordinary life and intellectual legacy of Charles Henry Pearson. Widely regarded as one of the most brilliant and influential intellectuals of the 19th-century Australian colonies, Pearson's journey represents a fascinating bridge between the hallowed, conservative halls of Oxford and the radical, pioneering political landscape of colonial Victoria. The narrative tracks Pearson's life from his early academic career as a Professor of Modern History at King’s College, London, to his unexpected migration to Australia at the age of forty. Once in Melbourne, his deep democratic convictions propelled him into the spotlight as an educational reformer, the founding headmaster of the Presbyterian Ladies' College, a writer for the Royal Commission on Education, and eventually a reformist Member of the Victorian Parliament and Minister of Public Instruction. Tregenza expertly weaves primary letters, political records, and historical context to illustrate how Pearson's visionary policies on progressive social reform, public schooling, and constitutional design fundamentally shaped the ideological framework of Australian federation. Complete with its original dust jacket and an elegant black-and-white frontispiece portrait from the 1880s, this scarce 1968 first edition from Melbourne University Press is an indispensable reference copy for historians, political scientists, and collectors of vital colonial Australiana.