Biographical entry Croll, Robert Henderson (Bob) (1869 - 1947)

Born
5 January 1869
Pleasant Creek, Victoria, Australia
Died
18 October 1947
Camberwell (Melbourne), Victoria, Australia
Occupation
Public Servant and Writer

Details

Robert Henderson (Bob) Croll was an author and Victorian public servant. Born at Pleasant Creek, Victoria, of Scottish heritage, Croll was a friend of Robert Menzies and a member of the Savage Club. Prominent in art circles, Croll was the general secretary of the Australian Academy of Art and a councillor of the Victorian Artists' Society. He died in 1947.

Source

Serle, Geoffrey. Croll, Robert Henderson (Bob) (1869-1947), Australian Dictionary of Biography. National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. Published in hard copy 1981, accessed online 23 September 2012.

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