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- Born:
- July 3, 1855, Channel Islands [U.K.]
- Died:
- April 25, 1942, Melbourne, Australia (aged 86)
- Title / Office:
- Legislative Council (1894-1904), Victoria
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Theodore Fink
Australian politician and publisher
Theodore Fink (born July 3, 1855, Channel Islands [U.K.]—died April 25, 1942, Melbourne, Australia) was an Australian politician and publisher, noted for his interests in education.
Fink was brought to Australia as a child (1861), studied at local schools in Melbourne, and then read law at Melbourne University, becoming a solicitor in 1877. He became prosperous, sat on the Victorian Legislative Council (1894–1904), and chaired several commissions on education, both academic and vocational, in Victoria. He was chairman of The Herald of Melbourne and helped make it one of the most influential newspapers in Australia.
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