Person
Macbeth, Alexander Killen (1889 - 1957)
FAA
- Born
- 11 August 1889
Ireland - Died
- 29 May 1957
- Occupation
- Organic chemist
Summary
Alexander Macbeth was Professor of Chemistry, University of Adelaide 1928-1954 and Dean of the Faculty of Science. Earlier he was Senior Lecturer in Chemistry, United College University, St Andrews from 1919 and then Reader in Chemistry, University of Durham 1924-1928. He was elected a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science (FAA) in 1955. He played a key role in establishing pharmaceutical industry in Australia and worked as a consultant for companies including Beckers Pty Ltd, Johnson Chemical Laboratories, and Imperial Chemical Industries of Australia and New Zealand.
Details
Chronology
- 1919 - c. 1924
- Career position - Senior Lecturer in Chemistry, St Andrews University, Belfast
- 1924 - 1928
- Career position - Reader in Chemistry, The University of Durham
- 1928 - 1954
- Career position - Professor of Chemistry, The University of Adelaide
- 1930
- Career event - Published second edition of book Organic Chemistry for Medical, Intermediate Science and Pharmaceutical Students
- 1952
- Career event - Published third edition of book Organic Chemistry for Medical, Intermediate Science and Pharmaceutical Students
- 1954 -
- Award - Emeritus Professor, The University of Adelaide
- 1954
- Award - Received the Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George for services to industry and The University of Adelaide
- 1955
- Award - Fellow, Australian Academy of Science
Related entries
Archival resources
Adolph Basser Library, Australian Academy of Science
Published resources
Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Exhibitions
- Smith, Ailie, Adolph Basser Library Manuscript Collection, eScholarship Research Centre, 2012, http://www.eoas.info/basser_browse.html. Details
Resources
- Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28063737. Details
- VIAF - Virtual International Authority File, OCLC, https://viaf.org/viaf/280814354. Details
- 'Macbeth, Alexander Killen (1889-1957)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1476132. Details
Resource Sections
- 'Macbeth, Alexander Killen - Ms 10', in Listing of Adolph Basser Library holdings, Australian Academy of Science, 1994, http://www.science.org.au/basser/manuscript-collection/ms010.html. Details
See also
- Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering, Technology in Australia 1788-1988, Online edn, Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre, Melbourne, 3 May 2000, http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/tia/index_m.html. Details
- Coates, J. H., 'Denis Oswald Jordan 1914-82', Historical Records of Australian Science, 6 (2) (1985), 237-246. https://doi.org/10.1071/HR9850620237. Details
McCarthy, G.J.
Created: 20 October 1993, Last modified: 8 May 2018
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