Background
Horne, Colin James was born on October 31, 1912 in Bendigo, Victoria, Australia. Son of Thomas James and Nellie (Tollit) Horne.
Horne, Colin James was born on October 31, 1912 in Bendigo, Victoria, Australia. Son of Thomas James and Nellie (Tollit) Horne.
Master of Arts, University Melbourne, Australia, 1935. Master of Arts, University Oxford (England), 1939. Master of Letters, University Oxford (England), 1939.
Diploma Education, University Melbourne, 1934. Master of Arts, University Adelaide, South Australia, 1958.
Assistant and Lecturer in English, Queen"s University, Belfast 1939-1948. Lecturer and Senior Lecturer in English, University of Leicester 1948-1957. Jury Professor, of English Language and Literature, University of Adelaide 1957-1977, Dean, Faculty of Arts 1969-1970, Emeritus Professor since 1977.
Chairman Writers Week.
Vice-President Australian Academy, of the Humanities 1977-1978. President Friends of State Library South America since 1982.
Publicatioiis: Swift on His Age 1953, Studies in the Eighteenth Century 1968, The Dunstan Decade 1981, The Classical Temper in Western Europe 1983.
Chairman committee Writers' Week, Adelaide Festival, 1969-1974. Chairman Arts Enquiry Committee, Adelaide, 1960-1962. Member committee International Association of Professors of English, 1965-1983.
Vice president Australian Academy of the Humanities, 1977-1978. President Australasian and Pacific Society for 18th Century Studies, 1976-1979. Member South Australian English Teachers Association, Friends of State Library. of South Australia (president 1982-1993), Mount Lofty District History Society (president 1980-1991), University Club, Mount Lofty Golf Club.
South Australian English Teachers Association
Friends of State Libr. of South Australia (president 1982-93)
1982 - 1993
Mount Lofty District Hist. Society (president 1980-91)
1980 - 1991
University Club
Mount Lofty Golf Club.
Walking, travelling, golf, book-collecting.
Married Margaret Elizabeth Parsons, December 23, 1939 (deceased August 1962). Children: David, Richard, John, Julian. Married Cynthia Nicholson Werfel, May 16, 1968.