Kenneth Stanley Inglis, (7 October 1929 – 1 December 2017) was an Australian historian.

Early life and education

Inglis was born in the

Melbourne Melbourne ( ; Boonwurrung/Woiwurrung: ''Narrm'' or ''Naarm'') is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of Victoria, and the second-most populous city in both Australia and Oceania. Its name generally refers to a met ...

suburb of

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, on 7 October 1929, the son of Stan and Rene Inglis. He was educated at Tyler Street Public School, Northcote Boys' High School and

Melbourne High School Melbourne High School is a government-funded single-sex academically selective secondary day school for boys, located in the Melbourne suburb of South Yarra, Victoria, Australia. Established in 1905, the school caters for boys from Year 9 t ...

, before going to study at the

University of Melbourne The University of Melbourne is a public research university located in Melbourne, Australia. Founded in 1853, it is Australia's second oldest university and the oldest in Victoria. Its main campus is located in Parkville, an inner suburb nor ...

. Inglis participated in the Student Christian Movement and amateur dramatics during his studies, and worked as a tutor at

Ormond College Ormond College is the largest of the residential colleges of the University of Melbourne located in the city of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. It is home to around 350 undergraduates, 90 graduates and 35 professorial and academic residents. Hi ...

. After graduating with a

Bachelor of Arts Bachelor of arts (BA or AB; from the Latin ', ', or ') is a bachelor's degree awarded for an undergraduate program in the arts, or, in some cases, other disciplines. A Bachelor of Arts degree course is generally completed in three or four years ...

with first class honours in History and English, he read for a

Master of Arts A Master of Arts ( la, Magister Artium or ''Artium Magister''; abbreviated MA, M.A., AM, or A.M.) is the holder of a master's degree awarded by universities in many countries. The degree is usually contrasted with that of Master of Science. Tho ...

at Melbourne. Inglis's thesis, which was a history of the

Royal Melbourne Hospital The Royal Melbourne Hospital (RMH), located in Parkville, Victoria, an inner suburb of Melbourne, is one of Australia's leading public hospitals. It is a major teaching hospital for tertiary health care with a reputation in clinical research. Th ...

, was later revised and published as his first book, ''Hospital and Community'' (

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, 1958).

Career

Inglis completed his

Master's degree A master's degree (from Latin ) is an academic degree awarded by universities or colleges upon completion of a course of study demonstrating mastery or a high-order overview of a specific field of study or area of professional practice.

at the

and his

doctorate A doctorate (from Latin ''docere'', "to teach"), doctor's degree (from Latin ''doctor'', "teacher"), or doctoral degree is an academic degree awarded by universities and some other educational institutions, derived from the ancient formalism ''l ...

at the

University of Oxford , mottoeng = The Lord is my light , established = , endowment = £6.1 billion (including colleges) (2019) , budget = £2.145 billion (2019–20) , chancellor ...

. In 1956 he was appointed as a lecturer to the

University of Adelaide The University of Adelaide (informally Adelaide University) is a public research university located in Adelaide, South Australia. Established in 1874, it is the third-oldest university in Australia. The university's main campus is located on N ...

. He subsequently became Professor of History at the

Australian National University The Australian National University (ANU) is a public research university located in Canberra, the capital of Australia. Its main campus in Acton encompasses seven teaching and research colleges, in addition to several national academies and ...

, and the

University of Papua New Guinea The University of Papua New Guinea (UPNG) is a university located in Port Moresby, capital of Papua New Guinea. It was established by ordinance of the Australian administration in 1965. This followed the Currie Commission which had enquired ...

. Inglis wrote extensively on the

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tradition, the Stuart Case,

war memorial A war memorial is a building, monument, statue, or other edifice to celebrate a war or victory, or (predominating in modern times) to commemorate those who died or were injured in a war. Symbolism Historical usage It has ...

s, and the

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. In 2008 he joined the Faculty of Arts at Monash University, Melbourne, as an Adjunct Professor.

Personal life

Inglis died, aged 88, on 1 December 2017 of pancreatic cancer. His first wife, Judy Betharis, was an anthropologist who nurtured his interest in social, cultural and emotional communities. His younger sister was the medical anthropologist, Shirley Lindenbaum. After Judy’s tragic death in a car accident, Ken married Amirah Turner, a historian. The former Communist and one time Christian socialist,

Amirah Inglis Amirah Inglis (née Gutstadt, then Gust, then Turner, finally Inglis) (7 December 1926 – 2 May 2015) was an Australian communist activist and writer. Biography Inglis was born Amirah Gutstadt in 1926 in Brussels, Belgium, to Itzhak (also kn ...

and Ken shared half a lifetime of scholarly collaboration and together had six children.Rae Frances and Bruce Scates, Obituary of Ken Inglis, Australian Historical Studies, 2018, Vol. 43, No. 3, 410-412.

Awards

*1999:

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and Non-fiction Award for ''Sacred Places: War Memorials in the Australian Landscape''. The book also won the: *NSW Premier's Literary Awards History Prize 1999 *FAW Literature Award 1998 *Ernest Scott History Prize 1999 *Centre for Australian Cultural Studies Award, Individual Prize 1999.

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Early life and education

Career

Personal life

Awards

Bibliography

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Further reading