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'''Rafe Champion''' (born July [[1945]]) is an [[Australia]]n writer. He was born in the Australian state of [[Tasmania]], and grew up on a farm in the northern part of that state, near Irishtown. He studied agricultural science at the [[University of Tasmania]] in Hobart, then went to the [[University of Adelaide]] for postgraduate study before moving to [[Sydney]]. |
'''Rafe Champion''' (born July [[1945]]) is an [[Australia]]n writer. He was born in the Australian state of [[Tasmania]], and grew up on a farm in the northern part of that state, near Irishtown. He studied agricultural science at the [[University of Tasmania]] in Hobart, then went to the [[University of Adelaide]] for postgraduate study before moving to [[Sydney]]. |
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Champion's main interest is in bringing to wider attention the works of the Austrian philosopher [[Karl Popper]], the Austrian economist [[Friedrich Hayek]]. He is a contributor to [http://troppoarmadillo.ubersportingpundit.com Troppo Armadillo] and [http://badanalysis.com/catallaxy Catallaxy], two collaborative blogs based in Australia. |
Champion's main interest is in bringing to wider attention the works of the Austrian philosopher [[Karl Popper]], the Austrian economist [[Friedrich Hayek]], and he is regarded as one of the world's leading experts on Popper. He has lectured at universities around the world on Popper and his philosophy of [critical rationalism]. He is also a contributor to [http://troppoarmadillo.ubersportingpundit.com Troppo Armadillo] and [http://badanalysis.com/catallaxy Catallaxy], two collaborative blogs based in Australia. |
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In the late 1970s he married artist [[Kilmeny Niland]]. They have four children: Leo, Hugh, Patrick and Thomas. |
In the late 1970s he married artist [[Kilmeny Niland]]. They have four children: Leo, Hugh, Patrick and Thomas. |
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Revision as of 06:11, 26 October 2005
Rafe Champion (born July 1945) is an Australian writer. He was born in the Australian state of Tasmania, and grew up on a farm in the northern part of that state, near Irishtown. He studied agricultural science at the University of Tasmania in Hobart, then went to the University of Adelaide for postgraduate study before moving to Sydney.
Champion's main interest is in bringing to wider attention the works of the Austrian philosopher Karl Popper, the Austrian economist Friedrich Hayek, and he is regarded as one of the world's leading experts on Popper. He has lectured at universities around the world on Popper and his philosophy of [critical rationalism]. He is also a contributor to Troppo Armadillo and Catallaxy, two collaborative blogs based in Australia.
In the late 1970s he married artist Kilmeny Niland. They have four children: Leo, Hugh, Patrick and Thomas.
Champion has written a number of nonfiction books, two of them collaborations with his mother in law, Ruth Park. The two collaborations are Ruth Park's Sydney, a guidebook, and Home Before Dark, a biography of Australian boxer Les Darcy. He has also written a book of collected essays and reviews related to Karl Popper, and a useful handbook on real-estate law.