Orr, Sydney S.

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Agent TypePersonActivities & OccupationsAcademics - PhilosophyGenderMaleHistorySydney Sparkes Orr was summarily dismissed from the Chair of Philosophy at the University of Tasmania in March 1956 on a morals charge following a Royal Commission into the University precipitated by the publication of an open letter from Orr to the Vice-Chancellor. A committee was appointed to investigate the charges against Orr and resolved that he be summarily dismissed. In October the case for wrongful dismissal was heard in Supreme Court and Justice Green ruled against Orr. In 1958 amid growing academic disquiet the Council of the Australian Association of Philosophy placed a ban on the University. Until his death in 1966, Orr's case for reinstatement and compensation continued.

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Orr, Sydney S.