Alan Gilbert (Australian academic), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Alan Gilbert (Australian academic)

Australian historian

Date of Birth: 11-Sep-1944

Place of Birth: Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

Date of Death: 27-Jul-2010

Profession: historian

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Alan David Gilbert AO (11 September 1944 – 27 July 2010) was an Australian historian and academic administrator who was until June 2010 the president and vice-chancellor of the University of Manchester.
During his tenure (1996–2004) as vice-chancellor of the University of Melbourne, he pushed for and established Melbourne University Private, a private university offshoot which ultimately failed.
This, and his well-known controversial views on private funding of universities, led to Richard Davis in 2002 dubbing him the "doyen of economically rationalist vice-chancellors". Professor Gilbert died on 27 July 2010 in hospital in Manchester, having suffered from a serious illness for the last few months of his life.