Person

Smith, Alfred Mica (Micaiah) (1844 - 1926)

Born: 21 September 1844
Perth, Scotland
Died: 14 May 1926
Ballarat, Victoria, Australia
Occupation: Chemist and Teacher

Summary

Alfred Mica Smith was appointed lecturer in chemistry, Ballarat School of Mines, 1881. He was Head of the Science Section, Ballarat School of Mines 1887-1893 and President of the Chemistry Section of the Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science in 1902.

Details

Chronology

1881 - 1887: Career position - Lecturer in chemistry, Ballarat School of Mines
1887 - 1893: Career position - Head, Science Section, Ballarat School of Mines
1902: Career position - President, Section B (Chemistry), Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science

Related Corporate Bodies

Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science (1888 - 1930)
President, Section B (Chemistry) 1902
Ballarat School of Mines (1871 - c. 1976)
Lecturer in chemistry 1881 - 1887; Head, Science Section 1887 - 1893

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

Book Sections

Dowling, Austin, 'Smith, Alfred Mica (Micaiah) (1844-1926), chemist and teacher' in Australian dictionary of biography, volume 6: 1851 - 1890 R - Z, Bede Nairn, ed. (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1976), pp. 139-140. http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A060160b.htm. Details

Journal Articles

Smith, Alfred Mica, 'Some Experiments in the Gold Bullion Assay', Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria, 15 (1879), 4-11. Details

Resources

Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q21535419. Details
'Smith, Alfred Mica (1844-1926)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1464567. Details

Resource Sections

'Smith, Alfred Mica (Micaiah)', in Physics in Australia to 1945, R.W. Home, with the assistance of Paula J. Needham, Australian Science Archives Project, June 1995, http://www.asap.unimelb.edu.au/bsparcs/physics/P000153p.htm. Details

McCarthy, G.J.

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