Person
Davies, Duncan Sheppey (1921 - 1987)
- Born
- 20 April 1921
Liverpool, England - Died
- 25 March 1987
Paris, France - Occupation
- Science administrator
Summary
Duncan Sheppey Davies was Manager of ICI UK's Corporate Laboratories and later General Manager of ICI R&D London. He provided support to ICI Australia by assembling a large team of about 40 researchers in the UK to support Australia's team of about 25, working on a new method of synthesising nylon in the early 1960s.
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Published resources
Book Sections
- Allen, Geoffrey, 'Davies, Duncan Sheppey (1921 - 1987)' in Oxford Dictionary of National Biography [Electronic Resource] (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2004), http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/printable/40044. Details
Resources
- 'Davies, Duncan Sheppey (19210420-)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1476904. 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_d.html. Details
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