List of old boys of St Peter's College, Adelaide

This is a List of old boys of St Peter's College, Adelaide, former students of the Anglican school, St Peter's College in Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.

Nobel laureates

  • Sir William Lawrence Bragg CH, OBE, MC, FRS, Nobel prize in Physics, 1915[1]
  • Howard Walter Florey, Baron Florey OM, FRS, Nobel prize in Physiology or Medicine, 1945[2]
  • J. Robin Warren AC, Nobel prize in Physiology or Medicine, 2005[3]

Business

  • Sir James Hardy OBE, three times America's Cup skipper and renowned winemaker
  • Essington Lewis, prominent industrialist
  • Frank Fancett Espie 1890-1962 Mining engineer, MD Western Mining Corporation, South Broken Hill etc. [4]
  • Sir Frank Espie OBE 1917-2004 Mining engineer Directorships Rio Tinto (Deputy Chair), Bougainville Copper Chair, CRA, Woodside, Westpac etc. Captain 2nd AIF, North Africa, Borneo [5]
  • Paul Robertson Espie AO 1945 - [6] among many directorships is that of Chair, The Menzies Research Centre [7] and Empire Energy.[8]

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Clergy

  • Ian George AO, former Archbishop of Adelaide
  • Harold Eustace Sexton, former Archbishop of British Columbia

Entertainment and the arts

Judges, politicians, and public servants

Medicine and the sciences

Military

  • Commander Francis Walter Belt DSO, lawyer and explorer[19]
  • Brigadier Arthur Seaforth Blackburn VC, CMG, CBE, soldier and lawyer; awarded the Victoria Cross in 1916[20]
  • Colonel Harold Greenway DSO, Croix de Guerre
  • Colonel Guy George Egerton Wylly VC, CB, DSO, army officer; awarded the Victoria Cross in 1900[21] (also attended The Hutchins School)

Sports

See also

References

  1. "Lawrence Bragg – Biographical". nobelprize.org.
  2. "Sir Howard Florey – Biographical". nobelprize.org.
  3. "J. Robin Warren – Biographical". nobelprize.org.
  4. see http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/espie-frank-fancett-10126
  5. https://trove.nla.gov.au/people/472711?c=people and https://125.ausimm.com/profile/frank-espie/
  6. https://www.monash.edu/__data/assets/pdf_file/0004/65947/paul-espie.pdf
  7. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Menzies_Research_Centre,
  8. https://empireenergygroup.net/company-overview/directors-management/
  9. Berry, Dean W. "Bagot, Walter Hervey (1880–1963)". Walter Hervey Bagot. Australian Dictionary of Biography. National Centre of Biography, Australian National University.
  10. Who's Who in Australia 2016, ConnectWeb, 2016.
  11. "Research Centre for the History of Food and Drink".
  12. McGill, Maryanne. "Barwell, Sir Henry Newman (1877–1959)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. National Centre of Biography, Australian National University via Australian Dictionary of Biography.
  13. Bray, J. J. "Bray, Sir John Cox (1842–1894)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. National Centre of Biography, Australian National University via Australian Dictionary of Biography.
  14. Rollison, Kay. "Butler, Sir Richard (1850–1925)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. National Centre of Biography, Australian National University via Australian Dictionary of Biography.
  15. Bartlett, Peter. "Downer, Sir John William (1843–1915)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. National Centre of Biography, Australian National University via Australian Dictionary of Biography.
  16. "Don Dunstan Foundation - Don Dunstan: A life of achievement". Archived from the original on 2007-07-26. Retrieved 2019-04-15.
  17. Garis, B. K. De. "Leake, George (1856–1902)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. National Centre of Biography, Australian National University via Australian Dictionary of Biography.
  18. Wales, State Library of New South. "Thomas Lancelot Lewis (1922 - )". parlpapers.sl.nsw.gov.au.
  19. Hyslop, Robert (1979), "Belt, Francis Walter (1862–1938)", Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, retrieved 29 December 2018
  20. Blackburn, R.A (1979). "Blackburn, Arthur Seaforth (1892–1960)". Blackburn, Arthur Seaforth (1892 - 1960). Australian Dictionary of Biography. 7 (Online ed.). Melbourne: Melbourne University Press. pp. 307–308. Retrieved 2008-01-23.. Blackburn also attended Pulteney Grammar School.
  21. Sweeting, A. J. (1990). "Wylly, Guy George Egerton (1880–1962)". Wylly, Guy George Egerton (1880 - 1962). Australian Dictionary of Biography. 12 (Online ed.). Melbourne: Melbourne University Press. pp. 589–590. Retrieved 2008-01-23.
  22. "DR. J. W. FLOOD DEAD". The News. XII (1, 776) (HOME ed.). Adelaide. 25 March 1929. p. 10. Retrieved 7 June 2017 via National Library of Australia.
  23. "London 2012 - Henry Frayne Athlete Profile". Retrieved 4 August 2012.
  24. "Knight's draft shock – AFC.com.au".
  25. "Youthful Century-Makers". The News. Adelaide. 11 December 1924. p. 11. Retrieved 7 July 2015 via National Library of Australia.
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