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Ainslie Dixon Meares (1910–1986)
Ainslie Dixon Meares (1910-1986), psychiatrist, was born on 3 March 1910 at Sandringham, Melbourne, eldest son of Victorian-born parents Albert George Meares, medical practitioner, and his wife Eva Gertrude, née Ham (d.1926). Ainslie’s grandfathers, George Meares and C.J. Ham, were both successful businessmen and lord mayors of Melbourne. Taught by a governess at home at Toorak until aged 10, Meares then attended Melbourne Church of England Grammar School. At first shy, introverted...