Person

Steele, Bertram Dillon (1870 - 1931)

FRS

Born
30 May 1870
Plymouth, Devon, England
Died
28 February 1931
Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Occupation
Chemist and Pharmacist

Summary

Bertram Steele was the first Professor of Chemistry at the University of Queensland 1910-1930. Earlier he was a lecturer in chemistry at the University of Melbourne 1906-1910.

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Chronology

1906 - 1910
Career position - Chemistry Lecturer, University of Melbourne
1910 - 1930
Career position - First Professor of Chemistry, University of Queensland
1911
Career position - President, Section B (Chemistry, Metallurgy and Mineralogy), Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science
1912 - 1914
Career position - Member of organising committee, British Association for the Advancement of Science Meeting
1914
Career position - Vice-President, Section B (Chemistry), British Association for the Advancement of Science Meeting
1919
Award - Fellow, The Royal Society, London (FRS)
1921 -
Career position - Foundation Councillor (Chemistry), Australian National Research Council

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Archival resources

The University of Queensland Archives

  • Bertram Dillon Steele - Records, 1910 - 1930, S135; The University of Queensland Archives. Details

Published resources

Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Exhibitions

  • Collins, David, Chemistry in 19th Australia - Select Bibliography, An exhibition of the Encyclopedia circa 2005 with assistance from Ailie Smith and Gavan McCarthy., eScholarship Research Centre (original publisher), Melbourne, 2009, https://eoas.info/exhibitions/ciab/ciab_ALL.html. Details

Books

  • Gregory, Helen, Vivant Professores: Distinguished Members of the University of Queensland, 1910-1940 (St Lucia: University of Queensland Library, 1987), 180 pp. Details

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Journal Articles

  • Masson, David Orme and Steele B.D., 'The Blue Salt of Fehling's Solution and Other Cuprotartrates', Journal of the Chemical Society, London, 75 (1899), 725-734. Details
  • Watkins, S.B., 'Founders of Australian Chemistry. B.d. Steele.', The Royal Australian Chemical Institute Proceedings, 25 (1958), 412-417. Details

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See also

  • Serle, Percival, Dictionary of Australian biography (Sydney: Angus & Robertson, 1949). Details

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