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Quentin Bryce
Sign in to saveAlso known as Quentin Alice Louise Bryce, Dame Quentin Bryce, Dame Quentin Alice Louise Bryce, Quentin Strachan
25th Governor-General of Australia
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 3
Top works
- Tomorrow There Will Be Sun
- Dear Quentin
- Outback Spirit
via Open Library + Wikidata
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- Germany
Discography
- Blame It on the Summer2009
- Dance With Me2011
- Body Rock2013
- Dammed Jams2024
via MusicBrainz · CC0
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Transformers: State-of-the-Art Natural Language Processing
· 2020 · cited 4,732x
- The Immune Landscape of Cancer
· 2018 · cited 4,686x
- Global burden of NAFLD and NASH: trends, predictions, risk factors and prevention
· 2017 · cited 4,662x
- The Astropy Project: Sustaining and Growing a Community-oriented Open-source Project and the Latest Major Release (v5.0) of the Core Package*
· 2022 · cited 4,565x
- A Surgical Safety Checklist to Reduce Morbidity and Mortality in a Global Population
· 2009 · cited 4,454x
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Key facts
- Monarch
- Elizabeth II
- Prime minister
- Kevin Rudd , Julia Gillard , Tony Abbott
- Preceded by
- Michael Jeffery
- Succeeded by
- Peter Cosgrove
- Premier
- Peter Beattie , Anna Bligh
- Born
- Quentin Alice Louise Strachan , ( 1942-12-23 ) 23 December 1942 (age 83) , Brisbane, Queensland , Australia
- Spouse
- Michael Bryce ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1964 ; died 2021 )
- Children
- 5, including Chloe
- Relatives
- Bill Shorten (son-in-law)
- Alma mater
- University of Queensland
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Image
- Governor-General of Australia, Quentin Bryce.jpg
- Number of children
- 5
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- Commons category
- Quentin Bryce
- date of birth
- 1942-12-23
- birth name
- Quentin Alice Louise Strachan
- name in native language
- Quentin Alice Louise Bryce
- P10632
- Quentin Bryce
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Article
Dame Quentin Alice Louise Bryce (née Strachan; born 23 December 1942) is an Australian academic who served as the 25th governor-general of Australia from 2008 to 2014. She is the first woman to have held the position. She was previously the 24th governor of Queensland from 2003 to 2008.
Born in Brisbane, Queensland, Bryce was raised in Ilfracombe, with her family subsequently living in a number of country towns around Australia. She attended the University of Queensland, where she completed Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Laws degrees, becoming one of the first women accepted to the Queensland Bar.