Name Kenneth Wheare | ||
Died September 7, 1979, Oxford, United Kingdom Books Government by committee, The constitutional structure, Abraham Lincoln and the U, Modern constitutions, Maladministration and its remedies | ||
Sir Kenneth Clinton Wheare, CMG (26 March 1907 – 7 September 1979) was an Australian academic, who spent most of his career at Oxford University in England. He was an expert on the constitutions of the British Commonwealth.
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Early life and family
Wheare was educated at Scotch College, Melbourne and was later a student at Oriel College, Oxford, gaining a first class degree in Philosophy, Politics and Economics and also undertaking postgraduate study. He met his wife Joan (1915-2013) when he was her tutor. One of their sons is Tom Wheare.
Political career
Wheare served on the Oxford City Council from 1940 to 1957.
Academic career
In 1944, he was appointed Gladstone Professor of Government at All Souls College. In 1956, he became Rector of Exeter College, Oxford. A gargoyle of his likeness is carved on the Bodleian Library, visible from the Exeter College Fellow's Garden.
Wheare was Chairman of the Rhodes Trust (1962–69), President of the British Academy (1967–71), Chancellor of the University of Liverpool from 1972. He was also a Vice-Chancellor of the University of Oxford from 1964–66.
Honours
He was appointed Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG) in 1953 and was knighted in 1966.