History ▁of ▁County ▁Dur ham ▁Category : Ro yal ▁Or dn ance ▁Fact ories ▁in ▁England ▁Category : New ton ▁Ay cl iffe <0x0A> </s> ▁Sir ▁Zel man ▁Cow en , ▁ ▁( 7 ▁October ▁ 1 9 1 9 ▁– ▁ 8 ▁December ▁ 2 0 1 1 ) ▁was ▁an ▁Australian ▁legal ▁scholar ▁and ▁university ▁administrator ▁who ▁served ▁as ▁the ▁ 1 9 th ▁Governor - General ▁of ▁Australia , ▁in ▁office ▁from ▁ 1 9 7 7 ▁to ▁ 1 9 8 2 . ▁ ▁Cow en ▁was ▁born ▁in ▁Melbourne , ▁and ▁attended ▁Scot ch ▁College ▁before ▁going ▁on ▁to ▁the ▁University ▁of ▁Melbourne . ▁His ▁studies ▁were ▁interrupted ▁by ▁World ▁War ▁II , ▁during ▁which ▁he ▁served ▁in ▁the ▁Royal ▁Australian ▁Navy . ▁After ▁the ▁war ' s ▁end , ▁Cow en ▁attended ▁New ▁College , ▁Oxford , ▁on ▁a ▁Rh odes ▁Sch olar ship . ▁He ▁subsequently ▁won ▁the ▁pr estig ious ▁V iner ian ▁Sch olar ship ▁as ▁the ▁best ▁student ▁in ▁the ▁Bach elor ▁of ▁Civil ▁Law ▁degree . ▁He ▁remained ▁at ▁Oxford ▁after ▁gradu ating , ▁serving ▁as ▁a ▁fellow ▁of ▁Ori el ▁College ▁from ▁ 1 9 4 7 ▁to ▁ 1 9 5 0 . ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 9 5 1 , ▁Cow en ▁returned ▁to ▁Australia ▁to ▁become ▁de an ▁of ▁the ▁law ▁fac ulty ▁at ▁the ▁University ▁of ▁Melbourne . ▁In ▁ 1 9 5 3 , ▁still ▁while ▁at ▁The ▁University ▁of ▁Melbourne , ▁he ▁was ▁awarded ▁a