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George Swinburne (3 February 1861 – 4 September 1928) was an Australian engineer, politician and philanthropist. He founded the institution which later became Swinburne University of Technology.〔 Alison Patrick, '(Swinburne, George (1861-1928) )', ''Australian Dictionary of Biography'', Vol. 12, MUP, 1990, pp 150-152. Retrieved 2010-04-10 〕 ==Early life== Swinburne was born at Paradise, near Newcastle-on-Tyne, England, son of Mark William Swinburne, and his wife Jane ''née'' Coates.〔 Mark Swinburne was a draughtsman in the Armstrong works at Elswick, working for a salary of 27s. a week. Later Mark Swiburne established his own business in 1892 as a brass-founder, engineer and coppersmith. Mark married Jane in 1860.〔 〕 George Swinburne was educated at the Royal Grammar School, Newcastle, and in 1874 became apprenticed to chemical merchants, J. Williamson & Co. After completing his apprenticeship he became a clerk in the same business (1880–82), and studied engineering in the evening,〔 shorthand and German before beginning work in the morning, and joined a debating society.〔 On Sundays Swinburne taught a class in a Methodist Sunday school; he had music lessons and was an avid reader.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「George Swinburne」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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