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Campbell, Ian Drummond

 Fonds — Container: 1
Identifier: cami

Dates

  • Creation: Coverage: 1963-1965
  • Existence: 1910-2001

Biographical/Historical note

Born 1910; died 2001.

Academic career with relevance to Victoria University: Enrolled 1928; completed LLB 1933, LLM 1934. English and NZ Law: Lecturer, 1940-47; Senior lecturer, 1947-51; Criminal Law: Part-time Lecturer and War Service, 1944-46 Credited with introducing the Socratic method of teaching Law to Victoria University in the late 1940s. English and NZ Law: Professor, 1951-75 Administration: Deputy Vice-Chancellor, 1962-75; Retired, 1975; Emeritus Professor, 1976. Honorary LLD, 1977.

Editor of 'The Spike' 1933, in which he published an article by him which was highly critical of the teaching of Law at Victoria ('Untwisted teaching: some remarks on Legal Education'). The original issue was promptly suppressed by the Professorial Board and the journal republished minus Campbell's and two other contentious articles.

General Secretary of the NZ Police Association 1937-1940. Army Education Welfare Service 1943-1946. Fellow of the Royal Philatelic Society, 1979.

Eulogy by Colin Aikman reprinted [2001] VUWLawRw 14.

Extent

1 linear_centimeters

Language of Materials

English

Title
Campbell, Ian Drummond - Photographs
Subtitle
J C Beaglehole Room - archives and manuscripts
Status
Edited Full Draft
Author
Nicola Frean
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin
Language of description note
Finding aid is written inEnglish
Edition statement
XML EAD edition

Repository Details

Part of the Tapuaka Heritage & Archive Collections - JC Beaglehole Reading Room, Victoria University of Wellington Library Repository

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