#  The Lifting Gales of Spring, by David Haig 

 



   ![Book cover of The Lifting Gales of Spring](/sites/g/files/omnuum12196/files/styles/hwp_1_1__720x720_scale/public/2026-09/9780674306011.png.jpeg?itok=aIY9IhYA) 

 

### The Lifting Gales of Spring: Australian Students at Harvard University (1876–1945)

#### by former Junior Fellow David Haig

*The Lifting Gales of Spring* tells the stories of the eighty students from Australia who attended Harvard University, from the first student to enroll at Harvard Medical School in 1876, before Australia was a country, through the end of World War II, after which Australian contacts with Harvard dramatically increased. Author [David Haig](https://www.oeb.harvard.edu/people/david-haig) is a former Junior Fellow (1992 - 95) and currently the George Putnam Professor of Evolutionary Biology at Harvard.

Published September 29, 2026 by [Harvard University Press](https://www.hup.harvard.edu/books/9780674306011)



 



 

 See also:- [ Publications ](/page-categories/publications)