Person

Fawsitt, Charles Edward (1878 - 1960)

Born
8 May 1878
Gavan, Lanark, Scotland
Died
16 November 1960
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation
Chemist and University Administrator

Summary

Charles Fawsitt was Professor of Chemistry, University of Sydney 1909-1946 and Dean of the Faculty of Science 1923-1929. Earlier he had lectured in metallurgical chemistry at Glasgow. In Sydney he expanded his department by including physical chemistry in the curriculum, and founded the chair of organic chemistry. While he conducted some research on corrosion and the reaction between iron and sulphuric acid, he spent considerable time encouraging the projects of his colleagues. Fawsitt actively participated in the wider scientific community, serving as President of the Royal Society of New South Wales and the Australian Chemical Institute. He was a foundation member of the Australian National Research Council and supported the Commonwealth Institute of Science and Industry as a means of fostering collaboration between academic and industry during WWI.

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Chronology

1900 -
Award - 1851 Exhibition Science Research Scholarship
1909 - 1946
Career position - Professor of Chemistry, University of Sydney
1913
Career position - President, Section B (Chemistry), Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science
1914
Career position - Local Secretary for Sydney, Section B (Chemistry), British Association for the Advancement of Science Meeting
1919 - 1920
Career position - President, Royal Society of New South Wales
1921 -
Career position - Foundation Councillor (Chemistry), Australian National Research Council
1923 - 1929
Career position - Dean Faculty of Science, University of Sydney
1924 - 1925
Career position - President, Australian Chemical Institute
1937
Career event - Fellow, Australian and New Zealand Association for the Advancement of Science (ANZAAS)

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Archival resources

Private hands (Cable, K.J.)

  • Charles Edward Fawsitt - Records, 1908 - 1961; Private hands (Cable, K.J.). Details

University of Sydney, Archives

  • Charles Edward Fawsitt - Records, 1908 - 1960; University of Sydney, Archives. Details

Published resources

Book Sections

  • Cable, K. J. ; Bygott, Ursula, 'Fawsitt, Charles Edward (1878-1960)' in Australian dictionary of biography, volume 8: 1891 - 1939 Cl-Gib, Bede Nairn and Geoffrey Serle, eds (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1981), pp. 474-475. http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A080500b.htm. Details

Journal Articles

  • Fawsitt, C. E., 'Obituary: James Edward Mills, 1905-1943', Australian Journal of Science, 5 (6) (1943), 193. Details

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See also

Gavan McCarthy and Helen Cohn

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