Robert V. Horn papers, 1913-1994

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1913 - 1994

Textual Records, Graphic Materials, Photographs

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7.05 metres of textual material (47 boxes), some boxes contain photographs

Robert Victor Horn (1914-1994), economist, was born in Koln, Germany. An Economics graduate, he worked in German and French banks before arriving in Australia in 1937. He worked for the Bank of New South Wales and then served with the Australian Military Forces in Australia and New Britain during the war. In 1946 Horn joined the NSW Bureau of Statistics and Economics as a research officer (economic analyst). He graduated MA Hons in Economics from Sydney University in 1951.

In 1957 Horn began part-time tutoring in Economics at the universities of Sydney and NSW. He was appointed full-time lecturer at the University of NSW and in 1967 lectured on the Australian economy at the University of Cologne during the Summer Semester. He was a supervisor of the Indonesian University Lecturers' Scheme, established in 1970 and part of the Colombo Plan undertaken by the University of NSW. In 1974 while on leave from the university, Horn worked for the International Labour Office in Geneva on social indicators maintaining working relations in that area with UNESCO, OECD and other international agencies. He retired as Associate Professor in 1980, but continued as a guest lecturer and also as an economist with the university's Social Welfare Research Centre. The author of a number of economic textbooks, his last publication, Statistical Indicators for the Economic & Social Sciences (1993), combined his long-time research in statistical measurement in economics with its wider application to social metrology, the environment, culture, human rights and other fields.

Horn's extra-curricular activities were diverse and reflected his broad interests and humanitarianism. In the 1960s he was one of the earliest members of NSW Mensa and was editor of the Mensa Minds Meet section in the Australian Mensa publication, Tableaus. He was Convenor, Amnesty International (Group 205, Lane Cove), one of the oldest functioning groups of AI in Australia which originated in 1964. He was editor of the Australia Party journal, Reform. He was a multiple office bearer of the party's successor, the Australian Democrats. As well as his roles in Bennelong and North Sydney Branches, Horn was appointed Party Agent for the 1984 NSW State Election, and was State Ombudsman, Australian Democrats (NSW Division) from 1986. Horn was also actively involved in adult education with Sydney University, the Workers' Educational Association and the University of the Third Age. Horn was married to Audrey Ethel Twynam and they had three sons, Stephen, Mark and Nick.

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Compiled from the collection

SERIES 01
Robert V. Horn personal papers, ca. 1926-1994

SERIES 02
Robert V. Horn papers relating to studying and teaching at the University of New South Wales and New South Wales Institute of Technology, 1952-1982

SERIES 03
Robert V. Horn research papers relating to social indicators, 1913-1994

SERIES 04
Robert V. Horn papers relating to Amnesty International. New South Wales Branch. Lane Cove Group 205, 1962-1994

SERIES 05
Robert V. Horn papers relating to the Australian Democrats. New South Wales Division, 1981-1994

SERIES 06
Robert V. Horn papers relating to Scientists for Global Responsibility (Australia), 1977-1991

SERIES 07
Robert V. Horn papers relating to the Council on the Ageing (N.S.W.), 1970, 1983-1994

SERIES 08
Robert V. Horn papers relating to the University of Sydney. Dept. of Adult Education and Workers’ Educational Association of New South Wales. Metropolitan Branch, 1980-1987

SERIES 09
Robert V. Horn papers relating to the University of the Third Age (Sydney, N.S.W.), 1977-1994

SERIES 10
Robert V. Horn papers relating to the United Lane Cove Valley Conservationists and Australia Party. Lane Cove Group, 1970-1972

SERIES 11
Robert V. Horn papers relating to the Lane Cove Bushland and Conservation Society, 1977-1992

SERIES 12
Robert V. Horn papers relating to the Bougainville Support Group, 1992-1993

SERIES 13
Robert V. Horn papers relating to Australian Mensa, 1966-1994

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