Person

Bayliss, Noel Stanley (1906 - 1996)

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Born
19 December 1906
Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Died
17 February 1996
Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Occupation
Chemist

Summary

Sir Noel Bayliss was Professor of Chemistry at the University of Western Australia 1938-1971. His main interest was spectroscopy but he was also involved during the 1940s with investigation of the chemistry of alunite clay as a potential source of potash and alumina.

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Chronology

1927
Award - Rhodes Scholar for Victoria
1927
Education - Bachelor of Science (BSc), University of Melbourne
1930
Education - Bachelor of Arts (BA), University of Oxford
1930 - 1933
Award - Commonwealth Fund Fellow, University of California, Berkeley, California, U.S.A.
1933
Education - Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), University of California, Berkeley, California, U.S.A.
1933 - 1937
Career position - Senior Lecturer in chemistry, University of Melbourne
1938 - 1971
Career position - Professor of Chemistry, University of Western Australia
1942 - 1953
Award - Fellow, Australian Chemical Institute
1946
Career position - President, Western Australian Branch, Australian Chemical Institute
1950
Career position - President, Chemistry Section, Australian and New Zealand Association for the Advancement of Science
1950
Award - H. G. Smith Memorial Medal, Australian Chemical Institute
1953 - 1996
Award - Fellow, Royal Australian Chemical Institute
1954 - 1996
Award - Foundation Fellow, Australian Academy of Science (FAA)
1955 - 1956
Career event - President, Royal Australian Chemical Institute
1956 - 1961
Career position - Chairman, Western Australian State Committee and Member, CSIRO Advisory Council
1959 - 1970
Career position - Member, Australian Universities Commission
1960
Award - Companion of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)
1962
Career position - President, Australian and New Zealand Association for the Advancement of Science
1965 - 1968
Career position - Member of Council, Australian Academy of Science
1967
Award - Leighton Memorial Medal, Royal Australian Chemical Institute
1967 - 1968
Career position - Vice-President, Australian Academy of Science
1968
Award - DSc honoris causa, University of Western Australia
1970 - 1973
Career position - Chairman, Murdoch University Planning Board
1972 -
Career position - Emeritus Professor, University of Western Australia
1972
Career event - Liversidge lecture delivered to Australian and New Zealand Association for the Advancement of Science
1972 - 1983
Career position - Director, Winston Churchill Memorial Trust and Chairman, Western Australian Registry Committee
1973 - 1982
Career position - Member of the Senate, Murdoch University
1975
Career position - Member, Committee on Post-Secondary Education, Western Australia
1975
Award - Doctor of the University, Murdoch University
1979
Award - Knight Bachelor (Kt)

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Archival resources

Adolph Basser Library, Australian Academy of Science

  • Noel Stanley Bayliss - Records, 1940 - 1984, MS 185; Adolph Basser Library, Australian Academy of Science. Details

Private hands (Bayliss, N.S.)

  • Noel Stanley Bayliss - Records, 1907 - 1990; Private hands (Bayliss, N.S.). Details

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Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Exhibitions

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See also

  • Beale, Bob, Engineering a Legacy: Memories of the journey of CSIRO Chemical Engineering (Clayton, Victoria: CSIRO Minerals, 2005), 124 pp. pages 28. Details
  • Cole, A. R. H.; Watts, D. W., 'Alan James Parker 1933-1982', Historical Records of Australian Science, 6 (3) (1986), 399-407. https://doi.org/10.1071/HR9860630399. Details
  • Walsh, A.; and Willis, J. B., 'Albert Lloyd George Rees 1916-1989', Historical Records of Australian Science, 9 (1) (1992), 31-47. https://doi.org/10.1071/HR9920910031. Details

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