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Gordon Leslie Ada 1922–2012
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Gordon Ada, an outstanding virologist and immunologist,was the first to demonstrate that the influenza virus genome is composed of RNA, not DNA. In immunology he provided evidence that refuted the template theory of antibody formation and performed elegant experiments to prove Burnet’s Clonal Selection Theory. His administrative skills created a research environment that nurtured the Doherty-Zinkernagel Nobel Prize in viral immunology and allowed him to assist WHO and others greatly in developing effective vaccines.
Early years, education and family life
Gordon Leslie Ada was born on 6 December 1922, in the Sydney suburb of Drummoyne, the fourth of six children. His father, William Leslie Ada, was educated at Fort Street and Sydney Boys High Schools and studied engineering at the University of Sydney, where he excelled academically and at rowing. William Ada joined the staff of the New South Wales Department of Railways where he spent his entire career, rising to Chief Electrical Engineer. He married Erica Maud Flower, a second cousin, the daughter of a builder. Erica had lost her mother at the age of nine and received a minimum of schooling. Gordon Ada described his childhood as happy, dominated by his very kind father. Both parents were religious and observant Presbyterians. It appears his father was rather introverted, entertained very little and, because of the depression, lived economically and austerely. Gordon attended local state schools for all but his last two years, recalling Mr Philpot who taught music, awakening a life-long interest, and Mr Monahan who gave him a good grounding in English, Latin and mathematics. Moving to Fort Street Boys High School for 1938 and 1939, Gordon studied for his Leaving Certificate where he excelled in history and science. While studying medicine was considered, a book by H. G. Wells, Julian S. Huxley and G. P. Wells entitled The Australian economic geographer and economist Gordon L. Clark FBAFAcSS Professor Gordon L. Clark Gordon Leslie Clark Gordon Leslie Clark,FBAFAcSS (born September 10, 1950) is an Australian economic geographer, academic, and consultant. He is former Executive Director of the Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment, University of Oxford (2013-2018) with cross appointments in the Saïd Business School and the School of Geography and the Environment. Clark's latest work focuses on the geographical structure and performance of financial markets and organisations. He wrote and co-wrote multiple books in these subjects, including The Geography of Finance (OUP 2007),Sovereign Wealth Funds (Princeton 2012), and Institution Lesley J. Gordon is an American military historian specializing in the American Civil War. She holds the Charles G. Summersell Chair of Southern History at the University of Alabama. Gordon attended East Granby High School in East Granby, Connecticut. She studied history at the College of William & Mary and obtained her PhD from the University of Georgia. She succeeded George C. Rable as the Charles G. Summersell Professor of Southern History at Alabama in 2016, having previously held positions at Murray State University and the University of Akron. 1n 2022, Gordon became the chair of the editorial board of the University of Alabama Press. Gordon's research focuses on the American Civil War. Her first book, published in 1998, was a biography of the Confederate general George E. Pickett, famed for his failed charge at the Battle of Gettysburg. Gordon argued that Pickett's posthumous reputation as tragic hero of the Lost Cause was largely the creation of his wife, LaSalle Pickett, who made a living giving talks about her deceased husband on the lecture circuit for more than fifty years after his death, and that his actual achievements were more modest. The book was described as "well-written and exhaustively researched", and praised for bringing attention to the actions of women in the period. Her other books include This Terrible War (2003), a textbook on the Civil War co-authored with Daniel E. Sutherland and Michael Fellman, currently in its third edition, and A Broken Regiment (2014), a regimental history of the 16th Connecticut Infantry Regiment. She has also edited and contributed to a number of edited volumes, and was formerly the editor of the journal Civil War History Lesley J. Gordon earned her BA with High Honors from the College of William and Mary, and her MA and PhD in American History from the University of Georgia. She is presently the Charles G. Summersell Chair of Southern History at the University of Alabama. Her publications include General George E. Pickett in Life and Legend (University of North Carolina Press, 1998), Inside the Confederate Nation: Essays in Honor of Emory M. Thomas (Louisiana State University Press, 2005), and A Broken Regiment: The 16 Connecticut’s Civil War (Louisiana State University Press, 2014). In addition, she has published numerous articles and book reviews and her public talks have been featured on C-Span. From 2010-2015, Dr. Gordon was editor of the academic journal Civil War History. She is currently at work on a book manuscript about battlefield cowardice and violence A Broken Regiment: The 16 Connecticut’s Civil War. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 2014. Paperback edition, June 2018. Inside the Confederate Nation: Essays in Honor of Emory M. Thomas. Co-editor with John C. Inscoe. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 2005. Paperback edition, 2007. “This Terrible War”: The Civil War and its Aftermath. Co-author with Daniel E. Sutherland and Michael Fellman. New York: Addison Wesley Longman. 2003; 2 edition, 2008. 3edition, New York: Pearson, 2015. Intimate Strategies of the Civil War: Military Commanders and Their Wives. Co-editor with Carol K. Bleser. New York: Oxford
Gordon L. Clark
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(1950-09-10) September 10, 1950 (age 74)Nationality Australia, United Kingdom Occupation(s) Geographer, economist, academic, consultant Years active 1977-present Title Senior Consultant and Emeritus Professor Board member of Avida International (2015-), Watermarq Limited, IP Group, FinOptSys, Oxford Earth Observation (2018-2024), Social Impact Capital (2019-), Education Ph.D., DSc (Oxon) Alma mater McMaster University Thesis Regional unemployment and policy analysis: geographical study of Canadian federal unemployment policy (1978) Academic advisors Michael Dear, Leslie J. King, and Atif Kubursi Discipline Geography, economics Sub-discipline Environmental geography, economic geography Institutions Oxford's Smith School Main interests The behaviour of investors, long-term sustainable investment, the design of investment institutions, corporate governance, institutional decision-making Notable works Lesley J. Gordon
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