Background
Prest, Wilfrid Robertson was born on August 9, 1940 in Melbourne, Australia. Son of Wilfred and Marjorie Wynn (Robertson) Prest.
Prest, Wilfrid Robertson was born on August 9, 1940 in Melbourne, Australia. Son of Wilfred and Marjorie Wynn (Robertson) Prest.
Bachelor, University Melbourne, 1961. Doctor of Philosophy, University Oxford, England, 1965.
Tutor department history University Melbourne, 1962. Assistant professor department history Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, 1969-1971. Lecturer department history University Adelaide, Australia, 1966-1969, senior lecturer, reader Australia, 1971-1990, professor Australia, since 1991.
Visiting fellow All Souls College, Oxford University, 1975, Davis Center/Princeton University, 1980, Clare Hall Cambridge University, 1985, National Humanities Center, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, 1998-1999, Law and Public Affairs program, Princeton University, since 2001.
Chairman board Art Gallery of South Australia, 1978-1985. Fellow Academy Social Sciences Australia. M C.
Married Cedar Sonnenberg, June 19, 1965 (divorced 1983). Children: Richard, James. Married Sabina Florence White, May 9, 1984.