Person
Bell, Marcus (1881 - 1934)
OBE
- Born
- 7 January 1881
Kew, Victoria, Australia - Died
- 3 June 1934
Kew, Victoria, Australia - Occupation
- Chemist
Summary
Marcus Bell was Head of the Munitions Supply Board Laboratories at Maribyrnong from their establishment in 1921 until his death in 1934. After completing his education at the University of Melbourne, he became Assistant to the Chief Inspector of Explosives of Victoria, then Chemical Adviser for the Department of Defence (1911-1914). As part of this job Bell was sent to England to study military explosives. Upon his return, he became Director of Munitions in Australia during World War I and Superintendent of Laboratories after World War I.
Bell was President of the Victorian Branch of the Australian Chemical Institute from 1926-1927 and was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in 1920.
Details
Chronology
- c. 1907 - c. 1908
- Career position - Chief Inspector of Explosives, Victoria
- 1908 - 1911
- Career position - Assistant to the Chemical Adviser, Department of Defence
- 1911 - 1914
- Career position - Chemical Adviser, Commonwealth Department of Defence
- 1920
- Award - Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) - Superintendent of Arsenal Laboratories
- 1921 - 1934
- Career position - Director of Munitions, Munitions Supply Board Laboratories at Maribyrnong
- 1922
- Career event - Elected Associate Member (Chemistry), Australian National Research Council
- c. 1924 - c. 1925
- Career position - Member, Commonwealth Engineering Standards Association (representative of Australian Chemical Institute)
- 1926 - 1927
- Career position - President, Victorian Branch, Australian Chemical Institute
Related entries
Published resources
Resources
- 'Bell, Marcus (-1934)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1476054. 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_b.html. Details
- Wisdom, John, A History of Defence Science in Australia (Melbourne: Defence Science and Technology Organisation, 1995), 267 pp. Details
Rosanne Walker; Ken McInnes
Created: 30 June 1997, Last modified: 27 March 2024
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