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William Peter Coleman (born 15 December 1928) is an Australian writer, and former politician. A widely published journalist for over 60 years, he was editor of ''The Bulletin'' (1964–1967) and of ''Quadrant'' for 20 years, and has published 16 books on political, biographical and cultural subjects.〔Oxford Companion to Australian Literature (1994) Hyde, Hooton, Andrews, OUP. http://www.answers.com/library/Australian+Literature-cid-17647929 "Peter Coleman" accessed 8 June 2012〕 While still working as an editor and journalist he had a short but distinguished political career as a Member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly from 1968–1978 for the Liberal Party of Australia, serving both as a Minister in the State Cabinet and in the final year as Leader of the New South Wales Opposition. From 1981–1986 was Member for Wentworth in the Australian House of Representatives. In 2008 he was admitted to the degree of Doctor of Letters (honoris causa) at the University of Sydney for services to Australian intellectual life.〔(accessed June 5 2012 )〕 On the 8th of June 2015 he was awarded Officer of the Order of Australia "For distinguished service to the print media industry as a noted editor, journalist, biographer and author, to the Parliaments of Australia and New South Wales, and to the community".〔https://www.itsanhonour.gov.au/honours/honour_roll/search.cfm?aus_award_id=1151751&search_type=simple&showInd=true〕 ==Early life== Coleman was born in Melbourne, the son of Stanley Charles Coleman, an advertising agent, and Norma Victoria Tiernan. Moving to Sydney, he was educated at North Sydney Boys High School and at the University of Sydney under philosophers John Anderson and John Passmore.〔(accessed June 6 2012 )〕 Fellow students included the philosophers David Armstrong and David Stove. Coleman then travelled to the United Kingdom to study political philosophy at the London School of Economics under Michael Oakeshott, completing a thesis on the French philosopher Georges Sorel.〔http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/philosopherszone/politics-in-a-poetic-key/3327118 Transcript of interview with Alan Saunders and Dr Ian Tregenza accessed 6 June 2012〕 He graduated as Master of Science (Economics) in 1952. On 5 April 1952 he married the writer and librarian, Verna Scott. Together they had two daughters, Tanya, who became a lawyer and later wife of Deputy Liberal Leader Peter Costello, Ursula, a children's writer, and a son William, who is an economist.〔(Retrieved June 26 2012 )〕 After teaching English for a year in the Sudan, Coleman returned to Australia to undertake a career as a journalist. In 1958 he became associate editor of ''The Observer'', a fortnightly magazine founded in 1958 and published by Australian Consolidated Press. Other staff members included the editor Donald Horne and financial editor Michael Baume.In 1961 it was absorbed by the legendary but ailing political and literary magazine''The Bulletin'' and Coleman subsequently became editor of ''The Bulletin'' between 1964 and 1967.〔"Left to Right" Christopher Pearson 31 July 2010 http://www.spectator.co.uk/australia/6173473/left-to-right/〕 In these years he published his first books ''Australian Civilization'', a symposium which brought together writers and critics ranging from Manning Clark and Max Harris to James McAuley and Vincent Buckley; ''Obscenity Blasphemy Sedition'', a study of the first 100 years of censorship in Australia; the anthology ''The Bulletin Book'' and ''Cartoons of Australian History'', with cartoonist Les Tanner. When Coleman resigned from ''The Bulletin'' in 1967 he became editor of ''Quadrant'' magazine, a position he held for twenty years.〔 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「Peter Coleman」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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