Robin Gollan
Robin Allenby Gollan | |
|---|---|
| Born | 5 December 1917 |
| Died | 15 October 2007 (aged 89) |
| Spouse | Daphne Gollan |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | University of Sydney (BA) London School of Economics (PhD) |
| Thesis | "Radical and working class politics in Australia, 1850-1910" |
| Doctoral advisor | Harold Laski |
| Academic work | |
| School or tradition | Old Left |
| Institutions | Australian National University Sydney Teachers' College |
| Main interests | labour history, banking history |
Robin "Bob" Gollan (8 December 1917 – 15 October 2007) was an Australian historian noted for having written the first history of a trade union. According to Stuart Macintyre, this began studies in labour history in Australia. Others have argued that Gollan began the "second generation" of labour history. Along with his former student and colleague, Eric Fry (1921–2007), Gollan established the Australian Society for the Study of Labour History and its journal, Labour History, in 1961.