A Melbourne doctor and his generation : Leonard Bell Cox, 1894-1976 : neurologist, orientalist, art collector, gardener
Wehner, Volkhard2004
Book
"This is the story of an exceptional Melbourne man, his friends, and his home town. A self-admitted 'lazy schoolboy' and a mediocre student, Leonard Cox in due course became 'an eminent Victorian ... intensively self-disciplined, an original thinker'--as one of his former students described him. Just one man, yet a man of many parts: an innovator and leader as a pioneering neurologist with an international reputation, he was also a notable collector and connoisseur of Chinese art, a long-time supporter and later, Chairman of the National Gallery of Victoria whose term witnessed the construction of the Gallery complex in Melbourne's St Kilda Road, a historian, writer, and a committed rhododendron grower and gardener. ... His life is drawn against the background of his restrictive Methodist upbringing, his family, and his wide circle of friends and contemporaries coming from a diverse range of backgrounds. ... Cox's life is closely interwoven with that of his beloved home city, Melbourne, over the first three-quarters of the 20th century, which was effectively his century. Although with an emphasis on Melbourne's medical scene, the wide sweep of the book also covers in considerable detail the cultural developments, art and art politics, social conditions, family life and education prevailing during his long life."--Cover.
Main title:
A Melbourne doctor and his generation : Leonard Bell Cox, 1894-1976 : neurologist, orientalist, art collector, gardener / Volkhard Wehner with contributions by Mervyn J. Eadie and Monica S. Wehner.
Imprint:
Olinda, Vic. : Leddicott, c2004.
Collation:
xxvii, 553 p., [14] p of plates : ill., map, ports. ; 21 cm.
Notes:
Includes index.ISBN prepublication record.PB.Bibliography: p. 498-541.
Shelving notes:
16913 1 07-02-2011 0 nevhar 07-02-2011 7
ISBN:
9780977524846 (pbk)
Dewey class:
616.80092
Language:
English
Added title:
Subject:
BRN:
39716
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| East Melbourne Library | Local History Non Fiction | LH 616.80092 COX | Available |
| North Melbourne Library | Local History Reference | LH REF 616.80092 COX | Not for loan (Set: 19 Sep 2017) |