Douglas Berry Copland KBE (1894 - 1971)

Born 24 Feb 1894 in Otaio, South Canterbury, New Zealand

Ancestors

Husband of Ruth Victoria (Jones) Copland — married 28 Jan 1919 in Waimate, Canterbury, New Zealand

Died 27 Sep 1971 at age 77 in Kyneton, Victoria, Australia

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Biography

Douglas Copland KBE is Notable.

Sir Douglas Berry Copland KBE CMG was born on 24th February 1894 in Otaio, South Canterbury, New Zealand. He was the thirteenth of sixteen children of Alexander Copland and Annie Loudon. ^[1]

Douglas married Ruth Victoria Jones] on 28 Jan 1919 at Waimate. ^[2][3]

Douglas was appointed Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG) in the New Year Honours 1933 for his service as Professor of Commerce at Melbourne University, ^[4] and created Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire (KBE) in the King's Birthday Honours 1950 in rcognition of his service as Prices Commissioner & Vice-Chancellor of the ANU. ^[5]

• Dean of the University of Melbourne
• Professor of Economics
• Vice-Chancellor of Australian National University
• Also based in Nanjing, China as Australian Government representative.

Douglas died on 27 September 1971 in Kyneton, Victoria. ^[6] He is buried in Springvale Botanical Cemetery, Springvale, Dandenong. ^[7]

Sources

1. ↑ New Zealand Govt - Births, Deaths & Marriages Online Birth: 1894/999 Copland Douglas Berry Parents: Annie Morton and Alexander
2. ↑ New Zealand Govt - Births, Deaths & Marriages Online Marriage: 1919/1763 Ruth Victoria Jones m. Douglas Berry Copland
3. ↑ 1919 Newspaper: "Papers Past, National Library of New Zealand"
   Timaru Herald, Volume CVIII, Issue 16770, 24 February 1919, Page 6
   Marriage (accessed 5 August 2023)
4. ↑ Australian Honours: CMG); accessed 19 Apr 2024
5. ↑ Australian Honours: KBE); accessed 19 Apr 2024
6. ↑ Death record: 23366 / 1971. BDM Victoria. https://www.bdm.vic.gov.au/research-and-family-history/search-your-family-history.
   (Name: Douglas Berry COPLAND); (Place of birth: Timaru New Zealand); (Place of death: Kyneton); (Age at death: 77); (Mother: Annie LOUDON); (Father: COPLAND Alexander)
7. ↑ Memorial: Find a Grave (no image)
   Find A Grave: Memorial #231284768 (accessed 5 August 2023)
   Memorial page for Douglas Berry Copland (unknown-27 Sep 1971), citing Springvale Botanical Cemetery, Springvale, Greater Dandenong City, Victoria, Australia (plot: A F Alway Lawn, Row AK, Grave 36); Maintained by ! woowoo (contributor 49949980).

See also:

• Marjorie Harper, 'Copland, Sir Douglas Berry (1894–1971)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/copland-sir-douglas-berry-247/text17371, published first in hardcopy 1993, accessed online 4 May 2023 by Clare Spring.