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Mungo McCallum
Mungo MacCallum is the name of four prominent Australians (four consecutive generations of the same family). They are: * Mungo William MacCallum (1854–1942), Professor of Modern Literature, Vice Chancellor and Chancellor of the University of Sydney, father of * Mungo Lorenz MacCallum (1884–1934), son of Mungo William MacCallum, Rhodes Scholar, lectured in Roman Law at University of Sydney; writer & book reviewer * Mungo Ballardie MacCallum (1913–1999), son of Mungo Lorenz MacCallum, journalist with the ''Sydney Morning Herald'' and also ABC, producing its opening night of television in 1956 * Mungo Wentworth MacCallum Mungo Wentworth MacCallum (21 December 1941 – 9 December 2020) was an Australian political journalist and commentator. MacCallum was once described by Gough Whitlam as a "tall, bearded descendant of lunatic aristocrats". His father, Mungo Bal ...
(1941–2020), son of Mungo Ballardie MacCallum and Diana Wentworth; political journalist and author {{h ...
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Mungo William MacCallum
Sir Mungo William MacCallum Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George, KCMG (26 February 1854 – 3 September 1942) was Chancellor#University Chancellors, Chancellor of the University of Sydney from 1934 to 1936, and a noted Literary criticism, literary critic. Early life Mungo William MacCallum was born in Glasgow, Scotland, the son of Mungo MacCallum, merchant, and his wife Isabella, ''née'' Renton. He studied at the University of Glasgow and at Humboldt University of Berlin, Berlin and University of Leipzig, Leipzig. In Germany MacCallum concentrated on medieval literature, he published several articles in the ''Cornhill Magazine'' in 1879-80. In 1884 he published ''Studies in Low German and High German literature''. Academic career MacCallum became Professor of Literature at the University of Wales, Aberystwyth in 1879, but moved to Sydney in 1887 to take up the post of Foundation Professor of Modern Language and Literature at the University of Sydney, ...
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Mungo Lorenz MacCallum
Mungo may refer to: People * Mungo (name), a list of people with the given name or surname * Mungo people, an ethnic group in Cameroon Places * Mungo, Angola, a town and municipality * Mungo National Park, Australia * Lake Mungo, Australia * Mungo River, Cameroon * Mungo River, New Zealand Other uses * Mungo bean * Mungo ESK, an armoured transport vehicle used by the German Army * Mungo, an oil field in the North Sea * Mungo, a fictional character from the animated television series '' Heathcliff'' * Mungo, a fibrous woollen material generated from waste fabric See also * Mungo Man and Mungo Woman, names of two sets of prehistoric human remains found in Australia - see Lake Mungo remains * John Mungo-Park (1918–1941), British fighter pilot * Mungo Jerry, a 1970s British rock group * '' Mungos'', a mongoose genus * Mongo (other) * St. Mungo's (other) * Moengo, Suriname, a town * Moungo (department) Moungo is a department of Littoral Province in ...
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Mungo Ballardie MacCallum
John Mungo Ballardie MacCallum (commonly known as Mungo Ballardie MacCallum, 11 December 1913 – 12 July 1999) was an Australian journalist, broadcaster and poet. Early life MacCallum was born in Point Piper, New South Wales, Point Piper, Sydney on 11 December 1913. His father was Mungo Lorenz MacCallum, a Rhodes Scholar, barrister and journalist, and son of Mungo William MacCallum, Chancellor of the University of Sydney. He attended Sydney Grammar School and studied arts at the University of Sydney. Career MacCallum began as a cadet journalist with the ''Sydney Morning Herald'' during his second year at Sydney University, shortly before his father's death in 1934. In 1941 he joined the Army Education Service as the editor of ''SALT'', a journal written by and by Australian troops, with contributions from several well-known Australian writers and from MacCallum himself. ''SALT'' was popular throughout the armed forces and was valued also by many Australian officials and war ...
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