Eric Willmot

Eric Paul Willmot , (31 January 1936 – 20 April 2019) was an Australian scholar, educator, writer, and engineer. He latterly claimed Aboriginal heritage, which formed a significant portion of his personal and professional identity. It was later proven to be false.

Early life and education Eric Paul Willmot was born on 31 January 1936 in Queensland.

He was educated first at various Queensland schools, then obtained his Bachelor of Science and Diploma of Education at the University of Newcastle, in New South Wales.

Personal life and death Willmot married twice. He had four children with his first wife. He met his second wife in Papua New Guinea in the 1970s, and had a daughter, Haidi, with her, and the family spent some time in Vanuatu.

He died at Baulkham Hills, New South Wales on 20 April 2019. 1984: Member of the Order of Australia, for "service to education and in the field of Aboriginal studies" 1986: Gave the annual series of Boyer Lectures, titled "Australia: The Last Experiment" ?: Winner, Medaille d'Or Genève, by the Salon des Inventions in Geneva, twice, for his invention of a continuously variable-ratio rigid body transmission