Hart, Alfred (1870 - 1950)

Born: 5 December 1870
Iowa, United States of America
Died: 6 October 1950
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Summary: Alfred Hart arrived in Melbourne in 1879. He taught first in rural Victoria before becoming Headmaster of St James's Grammar School in Melbourne. He received a Masters in Education from the University of Melbourne in 1901 and a BSc. In 1904 he became a full-time instructor in mathematics at the Working Men's College and then head of the Department of Mathematics and Physics. He was the Librarian in the Working Men's College in the 1920s and an avid book collector. After he retired in 1934, he began an intensive study of Shakespeare and was awarded the Litt.D. of the University of Melbourne in 1940.

Bradley, David, 'Alfred Hart (1870-1950)', in Australian Dictionary of Biography, Online edn, 1 January 2006, https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/hart-alfred-6588. Details

Prepared by: Miranda Francis

Created: 26 October 2026