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Gollan
Gollan is a surname. Notable people with the name include: * Alberto Gollán (1918–2014), Argentine television businessman * Alexander Gollan (1840–1902), British diplomat * Daniel Gollán (born 1955), Argentine politician and physician * Daphne Gollan (1918–1999), Australian feminist, historian and activist * Donald Gollan (1896–1971), British athlete in Olympic rowing * George Gollan (1886–1957), Australian politician in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly from 1932 until 1953; Chief Secretary of NSW 1938–1939 (United Australia Party, and others) * Henry Gollan (1868–1949), British lawyer and judge *John Gollan (1911–1977), General Secretary of the Communist Party of Great Britain * Robin Gollan (1917–2007), Australian historian * Roy Gollan (1892–1968), Australian diplomat, mainly in India * Spencer Gollan (1860–1934), New Zealand-born athlete in rowing, racehorse owner * William Gollan (1885–1968), Australian politician, member of the NSW Legislative ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daphne Gollan
Eileen Daphne Gollan (4 May 1918 – 4 October 1999) was an Australian Feminism, feminist, historian and Activism, activist and member of the Communist Party of Australia. She studied Russian language and politics and spent much of her career, between 1954 and 1983, working at the Australian National University. Biography Gollan was born in Birmingham, in England, and was the youngest child of Marjorie Emmeline, née Gold, and Montague Morris who worked as a munitions worker. The family immigrated to Australia in the 1920s where they settled in Sydney where they experienced difficult times during the Great Depression in Australia, Great Depression which saw both her father and her siblings loose their jobs and her mother dying of cancer in 1930. Also during this period, Gollan and her brother both suffered with tuberculosis in 1934. Gollan would later state that growing up in the Depression "radicalized [her] for life". Recognised for her intelligence, Gollan was sent to a ne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |