BA (Queensland), BA, MA (Oxford), MA (Melbourne), Hon.LLD (Queensland), (Hon FACE, (Hon) AIUS, Hon (FCCAE, Hon.DCom (Melbourne), Hon.LLD (ANU),


(Deceased), 1983-07-24
Education
1945

In November 1948 Burton was appointed inaugural principal and first professor (the chair was in economic history) at the Canberra University College, established in 1929 as a college of the University of Melbourne.