See also
| Husband: | Norman SAFFIN (1916-2002) | |
| Wife: | Susan Ellen (Nellie) WILLIAMS (1916-1991) | |
| Marriage | 1939 | |
| Name: | Norman SAFFIN1 | |
| Sex: | Male | |
| Name Prefix: | Mr | |
| Father: | Walter William SAFFIN (1878-1961) | |
| Mother: | Alice Jane POWLESLAND (1882-1962) | |
| Birth | 1916 | Terang, Victoria, Australia |
| Occupation | Teacher, writer, historian, intellectual. | |
| Death | 16 Jan 2002 (age 85-86) | Melbourne, Victoria, Australia |
| Cremation | 22 Jan 2002 | Springvale Botanical Cemetery and Crematorium, Springvale, Victoria |
| Name: | Susan Ellen (Nellie) WILLIAMS1 | |
| Sex: | Female | |
| Name Prefix: | Miss | |
| Father: | - | |
| Mother: | - | |
| Birth | 1916 | |
| Death | 24 Jul 1991 (age 74-75) | Melbourne, Victoria, Australia |
| Cremation | 31 Jul 1991 | Springvale Botanical Cemetery and Crematorium, Springvale, Victoria |
Norman and Susan had no children.
Norman's Cremated Remains were collected. No details available to GGS
when researching (Dec 2010) as to what then happened to those Cremated Remains.
The following item was taken from The University of Melbourne - UNI News (150 Years-150
Stories), Vol 12, No 14, 11 - 25 August 2003 (Page 4).
NORMAN WILLIAM SAFFIN (1916 - 2002).
In the obituary page of the Age, Peter Beilharz recently paid tribute
to a teacher 'who turned on the lights for droves of children who
passed through his class'.
In the state educational system, he was a man of exceptional academic
distinction and breadth of attainment.
Norman Saffin was born in Terang, the son of a station hand. During
the Depression he left school to go rabbiting with his father and
worked as a postman before becoming a student teacher in 1936. Two
years later, he was head teacher of a country school, and in 1936 he
married and entered the Melbourne Teachers' College paying his own
fees.
Susan and Norman Saffin taught in Victorian country schools. After
taking his BA and Diplomas in Commerce and Public Administration in
1951, Saffin took his MA from Melbourne University in 1954, with a
thesis entitled 'French Positivism: its Antecedents and its effects on
the Practice of French Historiography' and the following year he and
Susan travelled to England where he took his PhD from the University
of London.
When Susan and Norman Saffin returned to Australia they taught at
schools in Colac, Seymour and Ringwood before their final posting at
Croydon High School, where Susan Saffin was the librarian and her
husband taught history and literature.
He also published two books: SCIENCE, RELIGION AND EDUCATION IN
BRITAIN, 1804-1904 in 1973 and, LEFT AND RIGHT IN BENDIGO AND
SHEPPARTON, 1947-51 the following year.
His projected five-volume HISTORY OF THE VICTORIAN WORKINGMAN intended
to cover the period from the Gold Rushes to the Labour Party Split of
1955, remains unpublished, but the manuscript may be consulted in the
University Archives.
Saffin's scholarship was sustained by an extraordinary personal
library of about 15,000 volumes covering the social sciences and
humanities. His dedication to his pupils was evidenced by his
teaching: he taught evening classes until his retirement.
Susan's funeral was Conducted by Le Pine Funerals of Croydon,
Melbourne. Service was held in Le Pines Chapel at Croydon on July 29th
1991.
Susan's Cremated Remains were scattered within the Springvale
Botanical Cemetery and Crematorium Grounds.
| 1 | George Saffin's Ged Merged. Record originated in... |