Agent TypePersonActivities & OccupationsPublishersHistoryAfter graduating from Birmingham University with a M.A. in history, James worked as a Research Assistant at London University from 1935 to 1937 and as a Lecturer at St Andrew's College in NSW from 1938 to 1939. In the following year James was appointed Lecturer in History at the University of Melbourne and was selected first Editor of "Historical Studies of Australia and New Zealand" In 1943 Gwyn James resigned as Lecturer and became the Manager of Melbourne University Press. He retired in 1962.