Australian Dictionary of Biography

15 August, 1900
Armadale, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

4 November, 1985 (aged 85)
Malvern, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

• Jewish

Includes the religion in which subjects were raised, have chosen themselves, attendance at religious schools and/or religious funeral rites; Atheism and Agnosticism have been included.

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• Phillips, Rebecca (mother)
• Phillips, Morris Mondle (father)
• Phillips, Philip David (brother)
• Phillips, Marion (aunt)
• Ribush, Dolia (colleague)
• Maxwell, Ian Ramsay (collaborator)

• Melbourne Grammar School (student, 1912-1917)
• Oxford University (student, 1918-1925)
• University of Melbourne (student, 1918-1922)

• schoolteacher (1925-1971) Victoria, Australia
• essayist (1945-1985) Victoria, Australia
• literary critic (1945-1985) Victoria, Australia

• Medal of the Order of Australia (recipient, 1980)

• A. A. Phillips Award (Association for the Study of Australian Literature) (eponym)

• Association for the Study of Australian Literature (patron, 1978-1985)

• Wesley College (Melbourne) (teacher, 1925-1971)
• Meanjin (magazine) (writer, 1945-1985)
• Meanjin (magazine) (editor, 1971-1985)