Person
Brown, Roger Frederick Challis (1931 - )
- Born
- 30 June 1931
- Occupation
- Chemist
Summary
Roger Brown was a great-grandson of the Reverend George Brown (1835-1917). Brown was part of the Department of Chemistry at Monash University for over thirty years. His areas of specialty included mechanisms of reactions, organic chemical synthesis and organic chemistry NCE.
Details
Chronology
- 1953
- Education - Bachelor of Science (BSc), University of Sydney
- 1954
- Education - Master of Science (MSc), University of Sydney
- 1957 - 1961
- Career position - Research Fellow at Christ's College, University of Cambridge, UK
- 1958
- Education - Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), University of Cambridge
- 1961 - 1968
- Career position - Lecturer then Senior Lecturer in in the School of General Studies, Australian National University, Canberra
- 1968 - 1992
- Career position - Reader in Chemistry, Monash University, Victoria
- 1982
- Education - Doctor of Science (DSc), University of Sydney
- 1991 - c. 2002
- Career position - Professor of Chemistry, Monash University, Victoria
- c. 2002 -
- Career position - Emeritus Professor, Monash University, Victoria
Related entries
Archival resources
Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales
- Roger Frederick Challis Brown - Records, 1955 - 1974; Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales. Details
Published resources
Books
- Brown, Roger F.C., Chemobiography (Melbourne: Royal Australian Chemical Institute, 2001), 137 pp. Details
Journal Articles
- Eastwood, Frank, 'Roger Brown, a Life in Synthesis and Pyrolysis', Chemistry in Australia, 81 (1) (2014), 27. Details
Resources
- 'Brown, Roger F C (1931-)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-640824. Details
McCarthy, G.J.
Created: 20 October 1993, Last modified: 19 October 2023
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