Wallace Kirsop Memorial Service

Professor Wallace Kirsop was a distinguished academic in French and French Culture, as well as an internationally recognised Historian of the Book, establishing the discipline in Australia. He was a lifelong friend and supporter of State Library Victoria, giving his personal collection of rare books and endowing together with his wife Joan Lindblad Kirsop, the annual Foxcroft Lecture in Historical Bibliography. In Australia he was honoured with Fellowship of the Australian Academy of the Humanities in two disciplines: European Languages and Culture; and History. In France he was honoured with the Officier dans l’Ordre des Palmes académiques.