Person

Brown, Roger Frederick Challis (1931 - )

Born: 30 June 1931
Occupation: Chemist

Summary

Roger Brown was a great-grandson of the Reverend George Brown (1835-1917). Brown was part of the Department of Chemistry at Monash University for over thirty years. His areas of specialty included mechanisms of reactions, organic chemical synthesis and organic chemistry NCE.

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Chronology

1953: Education - Bachelor of Science (BSc) completed at the University of Sydney
1954: Education - Master of Science (MSc) completed at the University of Sydney
1957 - 1961: Career position - Research Fellow at Christ's College at the University of Cambridge, UK
1958: Education - Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) completed at the University of Cambridge
1961 - 1968: Career position - Lecturer then Senior Lecturer in in the School of General Studies at the Australian National University, Canberra
1968 - 1992: Career position - Reader in Chemistry at Monash University, Victoria
1982: Education - Doctor of Science (DSc) received from the University of Sydney
1991 - c. 2002: Career position - Professor of Chemistry at Monash University, Victoria
c. 2002 -: Career position - Emeritus Professor at Monash University, Victoria

Related People

Brown, George (1835 - 1917)
George Brown was the great-grandfather of Roger Brown

Archival resources

Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales

Roger Frederick Challis Brown - Records, 1955 - 1974; Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales. Details

Published resources

Books

Brown, Roger F.C., Chemobiography (Melbourne: Royal Australian Chemical Institute, 2001), 137 pp. Details

Journal Articles

Eastwood, Frank, 'Roger Brown, a Life in Synthesis and Pyrolysis', Chemistry in Australia, 81 (1) (2014), 27. Details

Resources

'Brown, Roger F C (1931-)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-640824. Details

McCarthy, G.J.

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