Kenneth Wheare

Kenneth Wheare

Sir Kenneth Clinton Wheare CMG (1907-1979) was an Australian academic, who spent most of his career at Oxford University. He was an expert on the history of the constitutions of the British Commonwealth.

Chairman of the Rhodes Trust 1962-69, President of the British Academy 1967-1971. Chancellor of the University of Liverpool from 1972.

External links

* http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A160626b.htm
* http://www.oxforddnb.com/index/101031822/


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