Person

Lions, Francis (1901 - 1972)

Born
30 November 1901
Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Died
13 March 1972
Hornsby, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation
Educator and Organic chemist

Summary

Francis Lions was a organic chemist who is known for working with Francis Dwyer while to devise organic compounds capable of bonding with a metal molecule at six separate sites. The research was groundbreaking because the molecules were highly stable. Lions was also a well regarded teacher and lecturer of chemistry. Having joined the staff of the University of Sydney as a lecturer and demonstrator in 1926, he was promoted to Senior Lecturer in 1944 and Reader in 1946.

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Chronology

1922
Award - University of Sydney Medal for Chemistry
1923
Education - Bachelor of Science, University of Sydney
1923
Award - Awarded 1851 Exhibition Scholarship
1923
Award - University of Sydney Medal for Organic Chemistry
1925
Education - PhD in Organic Chemistry, Victoria University, Manchester, England
1926 - c. 1944
Career position - Lecturer and Demonstrator in Chemistry, University of Sydney
1944 - 1946
Career position - Senior Lecturer in Chemistry, University of Sydney
1946
Career event - President of the Royal Society of New South Wales
1965
Award - Royal Society of New South Wales Medal

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Published resources

Books

  • Hawkins, Jenny, Francis Lions: a memoir (Ainslie, A.C.T.: Jenny Hawkins, 2010), 139 pp. Details

Book Sections

Journal Articles

  • Baker, Anthony T., 'The contribution of Dwyer and Lions to the design of sexadentate ligands', Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales, 132 (1999), 65-82. Details
  • Baker, N. J.; Xiao, L. H.; Craig, D. C.; and Baker, A. T., 'Metal complexes of linear sexadentate ligands: Dwyer and Lions revisited', Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales, 132 (1999), 11-22. Details
  • Birch, Arthur J., 'Francis Lions, a Memoir and Contemporary Historical Assessment: Sydney University Chemistry, 1930s to 1960s', Historical Records of Australian Science, 20 (2) (2009), 163-190 , https://doi.org/10.1071/HR09009. Details
  • Hawkins, Jenny and Goodwin, Harold A., 'Francis Lions: the Early Development of his Interest in Coordination Chemistry', Historical Records of Australian Science, 21 (2) (2010), 181-9, https://doi.org/10.1071/HR10009. Details
  • Rae, Ian D., 'Appointing a Professor: Reflections on Filling the Chair of Organic Chemistry at the University of Sydney in 1948', Historical Records of Australian Science, 18 (1) (2007), 19-42, https://doi.org/10.1071/HR07001. Details

Resources

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