Person
Anderson, Valentine George (1885 - 1969)
Anderson, Valentine George Portrait
Details
- Born
- 11 June 1885
Hotham, Victoria, Australia - Died
- 22 August 1969
Canterbury, Victoria, Australia - Occupation
- Analytical chemist
Summary
Valentine Anderson practised as a chemical analyst in Melbourne from 1910 and lectured in applied chemistry at the University of Melbourne 1925-1946. He was an adviser to many Australian government departments and committees and published a number of research papers.
Details
Chronology
- 1904 - 1905
- Education - Assistant Chemistry Demonstrator, Ballarat School of Mines
- 1906 - 1907
- Career position - Science Master at Wesley College
- 1906 - 1907
- Career position - Lecturer in Chemistry, Working Men's College
- 1908 - 1909
- Career position - Analyst for the Inspector of Explosives
- 1908 - 1909
- Career position - Adviser to the Melbourne and Metropolitan Board of Works
- 1910 - 1914
- Career position - Associate to David Avery
- 1913 - 1915
- Career position - Chemistry research funded by the University of Melbourne research scholarship
- 1915 - 1969
- Career position - Avery and Anderson consulting chemists established
- 1917
- Career position - Member, provisional committee, Australian Chemical Institute
- 1922
- Career event - Elected Associate Member (Chemistry), Australian National Research Council
- 1922
- Career position - President, Society of Chemical Industry of Victoria
- 1925 - 1946
- Career position - Lecturer in Applied Chemistry (part time), University of Melbourne
- 1931 - 1932
- Career position - President, Australian Chemical Institute, Victorian branch
- 1947 - 1948
- Career position - President, Australian Chemical Institute
- 1957 - 1958
- Career position - President, Royal Society of Victoria
Related entries
Archival resources
Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) Corporate Records and Archives Strategies
- Valentine George Anderson - Records, 1916 - 1922; Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) Corporate Records and Archives Strategies. Details
The University of Melbourne Archives
- Valentine George Anderson - Records, 1912 - 1915; The University of Melbourne Archives. Details
Published resources
Book Sections
- Radford, Joan T., 'Anderson, Valentine George (1885-1969), chemical analyst' in Australian dictionary of biography, volume 7: 1891 - 1939 A-Ch, Bede Nairn and Geoffrey Serle, eds (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1979), p. 63. http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A070065b.htm. Details
Journal Articles
- 'Obituaries: Valentine George Anderson, 1885-1969; Theodore d'Aveline Melhuish, 1897-1969', Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Australian Chemical Institute, 37 (2) (1970), 37. Details
Resources
- Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q21538970. Details
- 'Anderson, Valentine George (1885-1969)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1465543. Details
See also
- Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering, Technology in Australia 1788-1988, Online edn, Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre, Melbourne, 3 May 2000, http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/tia/index_a.html. Details
Digital resources
McCarthy, G.J.
Created: 20 October 1993, Last modified: 4 June 2010
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