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Author Tidey, John.

Title Class act : a life of Creighton Burns / John Tidey
Published North Melbourne, Vic. : Australian Scholarly, 2012

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 MELB  070.92 Burns Tid/Caa  AVAILABLE
Description viii, 194 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), facsimiles, portraits (some color) ; 24 cm
Contents The early years -- Creighton's war -- A university education -- Career academic -- Foreign correspondent -- Working for Graham Perkin -- On the road again -- Courageous editor -- Another life
Summary Although best known as a courageous editor of the Age throughout the 1980s, Burns, in fact, pursued three careers; academic, foreign correspondent and newspaper editor. In each of them he distinguished himself. He also wrote two books on political topics and was the 1949 Rhodes Scholar for Victoria
Analysis Academics
Australian
Authors
Biography
Burns, Creighton
Journalism
Journalists
Newspapers
Link reimn
Notes Includes bibliographical references and index
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Subject Burns, Creighton.
Age (Melbourne, Vic.)
SUBJECT Age (Melbourne, Vic.) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n50081613
Age (Melbourne, Vic.) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n50081613 -- Employees. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh00002753
Subject Authors, Australian -- Biography.
Journalists -- Australia -- Biography.
Newspaper editors -- Australia -- Biography.
Genre/Form Autobiographies.
ISBN 9781921875496 (paperback)
Other Titles Life of Creighton Burns