Agent TypePersonActivities & OccupationsUniversity administratorsHistoryEllis was born in 1886 and educated at the Prince Alfred College in Adelaide. After graduating he worked as a lecturer at the Technical College in Tasmania from 1910 until his appointment in 1918 as Superintendent. Ellis resigned in 1927 when he was appointed Principal of the Melbourne Technical College and became a key figure in the movement to establish Melbourne's first institute of technology. He was Secretary of the Technical University Development Committee and Honorary Treasurer of the Institute of Industrial Management, Australia. During World War Two, Ellis trained technical personnel. He retired from Melbourne Technical College in 1952.
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