Alan Gilbert (Australian academic)
Alan Gilbert | |
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| Born | 11 September 1944 Brisbane, Australia |
| Died | 27 July 2010 (aged 65) Manchester, England |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Alma mater | Australian National University Nuffield College, Oxford |
Alan David Gilbert AO (11 September 1944 – 27 July 2010) was an Australian historian and academic administrator who was president and vice-chancellor of the University of Manchester between 2004 and 2010.
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".