{"product_id":"pansy-peter-mcphee-9780522846263","title":"Pansy: A Life of Roy Douglas Wright","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eThe first biography of Roy Douglas ('Pansy') Wright (1907-1990)-a brilliant and controversial figure in the history of Australian medicine, universities and civil liberties.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA stirrer and shaker ... a boat-rocker and a confounded nuisance.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGeoffrey Serle\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRoy Douglas ('Pansy') Wright was one of the great Australians of the twentieth century.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBorn on a hill-country farm in northern Tasmania in 1907, he became an extraordinarily successful medical scientist and a builder of institutions such as the Australian National University, the Peter MacCallum Cancer Clinic and the Howard Florey Institute. He was loved for his brilliant, often ribald, wit, his fierce loyalties and his sympathy for the underdog. He died in 1990, shortly after completing a decade as Chancellor of the University of Melbourne.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWright was a legendary teacher and much-loved colleague and mentor. However, his ebullient style disguised the private difficulties of a person who was often unhappy and awkward with intimacy. He was also a controversial man. His rivals interpreted his relentless energy in creating medical institutions as megalomania. Others found his blunt personal style abrasive and offensive.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn particular, his championing of Professor Sydney Sparkes Orr-dismissed by the University of Tasmania in 1956 for allegedly having seduced one of his students-embroiled him in a decade of public controversy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this delightfully lucid biography, Peter McPhee reveals the many contradictions in this complex and brilliant man.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Peter McPhee\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0522846262\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780522846263\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Melbourne University\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/01\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 352\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback","brand":"Peter McPhee","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48457688973567,"sku":"9780522846263","price":44.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_722fb1e6-ea6a-42f7-bb99-e02e0d0190db.jpg?v=1777400484","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/pansy-peter-mcphee-9780522846263","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}