Sir Arthur Dean, (25 May 1893 – 25 September 1970) was an Australian lawyer, noteworthy as a Justice of the

Supreme Court of Victoria The Supreme Court of Victoria is the highest court in the Australian state of Victoria. Founded in 1852, it is a superior court of common law and equity, with unlimited and inherent jurisdiction within the state. The Supreme Court compr ...

and

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of the

University of Melbourne The University of Melbourne is a public research university located in Melbourne, Australia. Founded in 1853, it is Australia's second oldest university and the oldest in Victoria. Its main campus is located in Parkville, an inner suburb n ...

Early life and education

Dean was born in

Merino, Victoria Merino is a town in the Western District of Victoria, Australia. The town is located in the Shire of Glenelg local government area, 363 kilometres west of the state capital, Melbourne. At the 2021 census, Merino had a population of 24 ...

and educated at

Scotch College, Melbourne Scotch College is an independent school, independent Presbyterian Day school, day and boarding school for boys, located in Hawthorn, Victoria, Hawthorn, an inner-eastern suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, Victoria, Aus ...

. After school he won an exhibition to the

where he obtained an LL.B. and LL.M. He was later awarded honorary LL.D. degrees by the University of Melbourne and the

University of Western Australia The University of Western Australia (UWA) is a public research university in the Australian state of Western Australia. The university's main campus is in Perth, the state capital, with a secondary campus in Albany, Western Australia, Albany an ...

Career

Dean was appointed

King's Counsel In the United Kingdom and in some Commonwealth countries, a King's Counsel (post-nominal initials KC) during the reign of a king, or Queen's Counsel (post-nominal initials QC) during the reign of a queen, is a lawyer (usually a barrister or ...

in March 1944 and became a Justice of the

in 1949 where he continued as a judge until 1965. Dean gave much service to the

, including as a Lecturer in Equity (1929–39), member of Council (1950-1969), Deputy-Chancellor (1953–54) and Chancellor (1954-66). Dean was an elder of the Malvern Presbyterian Church, Melbourne and was Chairman of the Council of

Presbyterian Ladies College, Melbourne , motto_translation = The law of God is the Lamp of Life , established = 1875 , type = Independent, single-sex, day and boarding, Christian school , denomination = Presbyterian , princ ...

. He was knighted in 1960. Upon Dean's retirement from the Supreme Court of Victoria in May 1965, the Bar Council of the Victorian Bar "entrusted" Dean with "the compilation of materials" about the Victorian Bar's history and the writing of a book about the Victorian Bar, which was published in 1968 under the title ''A Multitude of Counsellors - A History of the Victorian Bar.''

Death

Dean died in East Melbourne, Victoria, Australia on 25 September 1970, survived by his wife and two daughters.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Dean, Arthur Judges of the Supreme Court of Victoria Australian Knights Bachelor Lawyers from Melbourne University of Melbourne faculty 1893 births 1970 deaths People educated at Scotch College, Melbourne Australian King's Counsel Chancellors of the University of Melbourne Australian Presbyterians Melbourne Law School alumni Judges from Melbourne