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Wheare was educated at Scotch College, Melbourne and was later a student at Oriel College, Oxford, gaining a first class degree in Philosophy, Politics and Economics and also undertaking postgraduate study.
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Kenneth Wheare
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He was an expert on the history of the constitutions of the British Commonwealth. Political career
Wheare served on the Oxford City Council from 1940 to 1957. Academic career
In 1944, he was appointed Gladstone Professor of Government at All Souls College.
In 1956, he became Rector of Exeter College, Oxford.
A gargoyle of his likeness is carved on the Bodleian Library, visible from the Exeter College Fellow"s Garden. Wheare was Chairman of the Rhodes Trust (1962-1969), President of the British Academy (1967-1971), Chancellor of the University of Liverpool from 1972.
He was also a Vice-Chancellor of the University of Oxford from 1964-1966.
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Order of Street Michael and Street George
The Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George is a British order of chivalry founded on 28 April 1818 by George, Prince Regent, later King George IV, while he was acting as Prince Regent for his father, King George III.The Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George is a British order of chivalry founded on 28 April 1818 by George, Prince Regent, later King George IV, while he was acting as Prince Regent for his father, King George III.