University of Adelaide

The University of Adelaide (or Adelaide University) is located in Adelaide, South Australia. It was founded in 1874, making it the third oldest university in Australia. It is a member of the "Group of Eight", an association of research intensive Australian universities. The main campus of the University is at North Terrace in the central business district of Adelaide, but it has four other campuses; Roseworthy, Waite and Thebarton, and more recently, the National Wine Centre.

Alumni

Alumni include Dr Andy Thomas, the first Australian in space, Antarctic explorer and geologist Sir Douglas Mawson, nuclear physicist Sir Mark Oliphant, physician and anti-nuclear advocate Helen Caldicott, former president of Singapore Mr Ong Teng Cheong, and the current deputy Prime Minister of Singapore Dr Tony Tan. Many Australian politicians are alumni including Natasha Stott Despoja, Christopher Pyne, Nick Bolkus, Penny Wong, Amanda Vanstone and Annette Hurley.

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Alumni - Dr Andy Thomas - Antarctic - Sir Douglas Mawson - Sir Mark Oliphant - Helen Caldicott - Ong Teng Cheong - Politician - Natasha Stott Despoja - Christopher Pyne - Nick Bolkus - Penny Wong - Amanda Vanstone - Annette Hurley

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The university has produced four Nobel Prize-winners: x-ray pioneers Sir Lawrence and Sir William Bragg, penicillin pioneer Lord Florey and Helicobacter pylori discoverer Robin Warren in addition to 98 Rhodes Scholars.

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Nobel Prize - Sir Lawrence - Sir William Bragg - Lord Florey - Helicobacter pylori - Robin Warren - Rhodes Scholars

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JM Coetzee, the acclaimed South African novelist and Nobel Prizewinner for Literature in 2003, has retired to Adelaide and is an Honorary Visiting Research Fellow in the Department of English.

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JM Coetzee - South Africa - Nobel Prizewinner for Literature

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Perhaps the most well-known of the recent students of the university is Dr Azahari Husin, a Malaysian who studied Engineering. Although he failed, he later gained his doctorate elsewhere. He is the suspected bombmaker for the terrorist group Jemaah Islamiyah.

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Azahari Husin - Jemaah Islamiyah

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Recent academic celebrities have included Paul Davies, a professor of Natural Philosophy.

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