Mark Johnston (historian)

Mark Johnston
Born 1960
Hobart, Tasmania
Website www.markjohnstonhistorian.com
Academic background
Alma mater University of Tasmania
University of Melbourne (MA, PhD)
Thesis title We Can Take It: The Experience and Outlook of Australian Front-line Soldiers in the Second World War
Thesis url http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/34741267?q&versionId=43041217
Thesis year 1991
Academic work
Institutions Scotch College, Melbourne
Main interests Australian experience of war
Operational and unit history

Mark Robert Johnston (born 1960) is an Australian historian, teacher and author. Johnston is currently the Head of History at the Scotch College in Melbourne. He has written several publications about Australian history.

Early life and career

Johnston was born in Hobart, Tasmania, in 1960. He was educated at the Friends' School and the University of Tasmania, before going on to complete a Master of Arts and later a Doctor of Philosophy at the University of Melbourne.[1] He graduated with his doctorate in 1991 and his thesis, entitled "We Can Take It: The Experience and Outlook of Australian Front-line Soldiers in the Second World War", served as the basis for his first book, At the Front Line (1996).[1][2]

A teacher, Johnston has taught at Scotch College, Melbourne since 1991, and is currently Head of History, Politics and Philosophy.[1][3]

Bibliography

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Biography". Mark Johnston – Historian. Retrieved 9 October 2015.
  2. "We Can Take It: The Experience and Outlook of Australian Front-line Soldiers in the Second World War". Trove – Digital Theses. National Library of Australia. Retrieved 9 October 2015.
  3. "Author biography – Mark Johnston". Cambridge University Press. Retrieved 9 October 2015.

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