Person

Blackett, Cuthbert Robert (1831 - 1902)

Born
9 October 1831
Southminster, Essex, England
Died
18 October 1902
South Yarra, Victoria, Australia
Occupation
Pharmacist and Chemist

Summary

Cuthbert Blackett had a pharmacy in Fitzroy, Melbourne 1871-1887. His public life is largely the history of pharmacy in Victoria in the second half of the nineteenth century.

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Apprenticed to a pharmacist in Norfolk; arrived Melbourne 1853; further pharmaceutical and chemical studies, London and Heidelberg, 1868-71; pharmacy, Fitzroy, Melbourne 1871-87; government analytical chemist, Crown Law Department 1887-1902; also acted as analyst to the Customs Department. Founder, Pharmaceutical Society of Australia and president 1878-81; an original member of the Pharmacy Board and president 1883-1902; lectured for some years at the College of Pharmacy in chemistry, materia medica and botany; examiner in chemistry, College of Pharmacy and University of Melbourne; an original member of the Central Board of Health.

Chronology

1888 -
Career event - Original [founding] member, Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science

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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

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Journal Articles

  • Blackett, C. R., 'A New Process of Purifying Water Discovered by M. Birkmyre', Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria, 17 (1881), 23. Details
  • Blackett, C. R., 'Ipecacuanha Wine', The Australasian Journal of Pharmacy, 1 (1886), 124-125. Details
  • Blackett, C. R., 'Estimation of Chlorine in the Yarra', The Australasian Journal of Pharmacy, 2 (1887), 241. Details

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See also

Gavan McCarthy

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