Person

Wadsley, Arthur David (Dave) (? - 1969)

Died
6 January 1969
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Occupation
Mineral chemist

Summary

A. Dave Wadsley was a Chief Research Scientist at the CSIRO Division of Mineral Chemistry and was going to be nominated for a Nobel Prize before his premature death in the mid-1960s.

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Chronology

1941
Education - Master of Science (MSc), University of Tasmania
1943
Life event - Joined CSIR Division of Industrial Chemistry
1956
Education - Doctor of Science (DSc), University of Tasmania
1958
Award - Archibald Liversidge Medal, Royal Society of New South Wales
1965
Award - H. G. Smith Memorial Medal, Royal Australian Chemical Institute
1967 - 1969
Career position - Assistant Chief, CSIRO Division of Mineral Chemistry

Published resources

Books

Journal Articles

  • 'Obituaries: W. G. Robins, A.D. Wadsley', Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Australian Chemical Institute, 36 (2) (1969), 44. Details
  • Anon, 'Arthur David Wadsley 1918 - 1969', Journal of solid state chemistry, 1 (3/4) (1970), iv-vi. Details

Resources

Resource Sections

  • Wolff, Helen, 'A. D. (David) Wadsley', in CSIROpedia, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), 2018, https://csiropedia.csiro.au/david-wadsley/. Details

See also

  • Beale, Bob, Engineering a Legacy: Memories of the journey of CSIRO Chemical Engineering (Clayton, Victoria: CSIRO Minerals, 2005), 124 pp. pages 68. Details
  • Hyde, B. G.; and Day, P, 'John Stuart Anderson', Historical Records of Australian Science, 9 (2) (1992), 127-49. https://doi.org/10.1071/HR9920920127. Details

McCarthy, G.J.

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