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Life Summary

Name	Alan Geoffrey Serle
Born	10 March, 1922 Hawthorn, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Died	27 April, 1998 (aged 76) Richmond, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Education *	Scotch College (Melbourne) (student, 1934-1939) University of Melbourne (student, 1941-1945) Oxford University (1946-1949)
Occupation or Descriptor *	soldier (1941-1944) Federal, Australia academic (1950-1998) Victoria, Australia biographer (1950-1998) Victoria, Australia historian (general) (1950-1998) Victoria, Australia academic (1975-1998) Australian Capital Territory, Australia biographer (1975-1998) Australian Capital Territory, Australia historian (general) (1975-1998) Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Military Service *	World War II (soldier) Melbourne University Regiment (soldier, 1941-1942)
Awards	Rhodes Scholar (1946-1950) Officer of the Order of Australia (recipient, 1986)
Clubs *	Labour Club (Melbourne) (member)
Key Organisations *	Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia (fellow) Australian Academy of the Humanities (fellow) Meanjin (magazine) (chairman of board) National Trust of Australia (Vic) (committee member) Overland (magazine) (chairman of board) Royal Australian Historical Society (fellow) Royal Historical Society of Victoria (fellow) Victorian Fabian Society (founding member) State Library of Victoria (council member, 1889-1994) Australian Dictionary of Biography (ANU) (National Committee member, 1961-1986) Australian Dictionary of Biography (ANU) (author, 1962-1997) Australian Dictionary of Biography (ANU) (Working Party member, 1962-1996) Australian Dictionary of Biography (ANU) (Editorial Board member, 1964-1996) Friends of the La Trobe Library (Melbourne) (founding member, 1966)
Political Activism *	Fabian
Workplaces *	Melbourne University Magazine (editor) University of Melbourne (history) (academic, 1950-1961) Historical Studies Australia and New Zealand (editor, 1955-1963) Meanjin (magazine) (editor, 1957) Monash University (history) (academic, 1961) La Trobe Library Journal (founding editor, 1966) Australian Dictionary of Biography (ANU) (general editor, 1975-1987) Australian National University (history) (academic, 1975)

* Dates are approximate