Editing Earle Page (section)

===Education===
Page began his schooling at Grafton Public School, where he excelled academically. His family could not afford to send him to boarding school, as a result of financial difficulties caused by the [[Australian banking crisis of 1893|banking crisis of 1893]]. Page consequently had to rely on scholarships to advance his education.<ref>Moorhouse (2001), p. 26.</ref> He won a bursary to attend [[Sydney Boys High School]] in 1895, where he passed the university entrance exams, and the following year – aged 15 – began studying a [[liberal arts]] course at the [[University of Sydney]]. He was equal top in mathematics in his first year, and was also awarded the lucrative Struth Exhibition for "general proficiency in the arts", which allowed him to switch to medicine and covered his first four years of medical school.<ref>Moorhouse (2001), p. 29.</ref> His role model was [[Grafton Elliot Smith|Grafton Smith]], who had followed a similar path from Grafton Public School to university.<ref>Moorhouse (2001), p. 28.</ref> At [[Sydney Medical School]], Page's lecturers included [[William Aitcheson Haswell|William Haswell]] (biology), [[James Peter Hill|James Hill]] (biology), [[Charles James Martin (physiologist)|Charles Martin]] (physiology), [[Thomas Peter Anderson Stuart|Anderson Stuart]] (physiology), and [[James Thomas Wilson|James Wilson]] (anatomy).<ref>Moorhouse (2001), pp. 35–36.</ref> He graduated at the top of his class in 1901, with the degrees of [[Bachelor of Medicine]] (M.B.) and [[Master of Surgery]] (Ch.M.).<ref>Moorhouse (2001), p. 40.</ref>