H M Green
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Henry Mackenzie Green was a journalist, librarian and literary historian born in Sydney
, Australia
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In 1921 Green succeeded John Le Gay Brereton
as librarian at the University of Sydney
.
In 1944 he married Dorothy Auchterlonie
.
His An Outline of Australian Literature was published in 1930 and Australian Literature 1900-1950 was published in 1951. His two-volume A History of Australian Literature Pure and Applied was published in 1961.
Sydney
Sydney is the most populous city in Australia and the state capital of New South Wales. Sydney is located on Australia's south-east coast of the Tasman Sea. As of June 2010, the greater metropolitan area had an approximate population of 4.6 million people...
, Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
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In 1921 Green succeeded John Le Gay Brereton
John Le Gay Brereton
John Le Gay Brereton was an Australian poet, critic and Professor of English at the University of Sydney. He was the first president of the Fellowship of Australian Writers when it was formed in Sydney in 1928.-Early life:...
as librarian at the University of Sydney
University of Sydney
The University of Sydney is a public university located in Sydney, New South Wales. The main campus spreads across the suburbs of Camperdown and Darlington on the southwestern outskirts of the Sydney CBD. Founded in 1850, it is the oldest university in Australia and Oceania...
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In 1944 he married Dorothy Auchterlonie
Dorothy Auchterlonie
Dorothy Auchterlonie AO was an English-born Australian academic, literary critic and poet.-Life:Auchterlonie was born in Sunderland, County Durham in England...
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His An Outline of Australian Literature was published in 1930 and Australian Literature 1900-1950 was published in 1951. His two-volume A History of Australian Literature Pure and Applied was published in 1961.