Person

Masson, James Irvine Orme (1887 - 1962)

FRS

Born
3 September 1887
Toorak, Victoria, Australia
Died
22 October 1962
Edinburgh, Scotland
Occupation
Chemist

Summary

Sir James Masson is recognised as a chemistry historian and bibliographer.

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Chronology

1910
Award - 1851 Exhibition Science Research Scholarship

Published resources

Book Sections

  • Weickhardt, L. W., 'Masson, Sir David Orme (1858-1937), Chemist, Professor and Man of Science' in Australian dictionary of biography, volume 10: 1891 - 1939 Lat-Ner, Bede Nairn and Geoffrey Serle, eds (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1986), pp. 432-435. http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A100424b.htm. Details

Journal Articles

  • Flesch, Juliet and McPhee, Peter, '150 Years, 150 Stories: Masson Family', Uni News, 12 (10) (2003), 4. Details
  • Hambly, A. N., 'Masson's Successors', Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Australian Chemical Institute, 25 (1958), 544-546. Details

Resources

See also

  • Flesch, Juliet and McPhee, Peter, 150 years, 150 stories: brief biographies of one hundred and fifty remarkable people associated with the University of Melbourne (Melbourne: Department of History, University of Melbourne, 2003), 168 pp. Details

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