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Life Summary

Name	Allan William Martin
Born	27 August, 1926 Forbes, New South Wales, Australia
Died	2002 (aged ~ 75) Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Related Entries	[View as tree] Rawson, Beryl Marie (wife) Loveday, Peter (friend) Molony, John Neylon (colleague) Fitzhardinge, Laurence Frederic (teacher) Powell, Alan Walter (pupil) Menzies, Robert Gordon (subject)
Education *	University of Sydney (student, 1946-1949) Australian National University (student, 1955-1957)
Occupation *	airman/woman (1944-1945) Federal, Australia schoolteacher (1950-1954) New South Wales, Australia academic (1966-1973) Victoria, Australia historian (general) (1966-1973) Victoria, Australia academic (1973-1992) Australian Capital Territory, Australia historian (general) (1973-2002) Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Military Service *	World War II (airman)
Awards	Member of the Order of Australia (recipient, 1998)
Legacies *	Allan Martin Award (Australian Historical Association) (eponym) Allan Martin Lecture (ANU) (eponym)
Key Organisations *	Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia (fellow, 1967) Australian Academy of the Humanities (fellow, 1983)
Workplaces *	University of New South Wales (history) (academic, 1958-1959) University of Melbourne (history) (academic, 1959-1964) University of Adelaide (history) (academic, 1965-1966) La Trobe University (history) (academic, 1966-1973) Australian National University (history) (academic, 1973-1992) Australian National University (Research School of Social Sciences) (academic, 1973-1992)

* Dates are approximate