Agent TypePersonActivities & OccupationsBookmakersBenefactorsHistoryAlbert (Bert) Maggs grew up in Brunswick, one of five chldren of a shopkeeper. He attended the University High School, worked Colonial Mutual Life Assurance,and took an actuarial course before World War II. After spending some time in the military he was seconded as an assistant statistician (?) in the Rationing Department. Returning to civilian life he turned his mathematical skills to bookmaking with great success. He was a skilled tennis player and supporter of theatre in many forms. He was a pianist and studied Composition at the Conservatorium. He was an active and generous supporter of numerous organizations and funded a University fund to assist promising composers
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