Person
Gibbons, William Sydney (1825 - 1917)
- Born
- 1825
London, England - Died
- 23 July 1917
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia - Occupation
- Food scientist
Summary
William Sydney Gibbons founded the Victorian Institute for Advancement of Science (later Royal Society of Victoria) in 1854 and was later made a life member. He arrived in Port Phillip 1845 and was appointed tutor to family of Robert Duff and later joined the Herald newspaper. Gibbons then worked as an analytical chemist; published widely in the scientific literature and edited the Journal of Australasia from 1856. Gibbons also helped found the Melbourne Punch magazine and was a Fellow Chemical Society and the Royal Microscopical Society.
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Published resources
Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Exhibitions
- Collins, David, Chemistry in 19th Australia - Select Bibliography, An exhibition of the Encyclopedia circa 2005 with assistance from Ailie Smith and Gavan McCarthy., eScholarship Research Centre (original publisher), Melbourne, 2009, https://eoas.info/exhibitions/ciab/ciab_ALL.html. Details
Journal Articles
- Gibbons, W. Sydney, 'Substitute for Photographic Yellow Glass', The Chemical News and Journal of Physical Science, 10 (1864), 252. Details
- Gibbons, W. Sydney, 'Report on the Sewage of the City of Melbourne', The Chemical News and Journal of Physical Science, 18 (1868), 260-261. Details
- Gibbons, W. Sydney, 'Mr. Sydney Gibbons' report (part of a report on snake poisoning)', The Australian Medical Journal, 21 (1876), 130-132. Details
- Gibbons, W.S., 'Chemistry of Poisons', Quarterly Journal and Transactions of the Pharmaceutical Society of Victoria, 1 (1859-1860), 125-134. Details
- Gibbons, William Sydney, 'Microscopic Investigation, and some Minor Details of Manipulation', Transactions and Proceedings of the Victorian Institute for the Advancement of Science, 1 (1854-1855), 104-. Details
- Gibbons, William Sydney, 'On Disinfectants and Deodorisers', The Australian Medical Journal, 6 (1861), 107-110. Details
- Gibbons, William Sydney, 'On the Adulterations of Food, &c., in Melbourne', The Chemical News and Journal of Physical Science, 3 (1861), 241-242. Details
- Gibbons, William Sydney, 'On the Adulteration of Food, etc., in Melbourne', The Australian Medical Journal, 6 (1861), 10-20. Details
- Gibbons, William Sydney, 'Report on the Sewage of the City of Melbourne', The Chemical News and Journal of Physical Science, 19 (1869), 178. Details
- Gibbons, William Sydney, 'Note on the Cranbourne Meteorite', Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria, 10 (1874), 130-131. Details
- Gibbons, William Sydney, 'On a Remarkable Case of Milk Adulteration', The Australian Medical Journal, 21 (1876), 22-24. Details
- Gibbons, William Sydney, 'On a Remarkable Case of Milk Adulteration', The Chemical News and Journal of Physical Science, 33 (1876), 134-135. Details
- Gibbons, William Sydney, 'The Melbourne Water Supply: the Causes of its Deterioration and the Remedy', reprinted from the Herald ...check this (1881), 16 pp.. Details
Resources
- Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q27898849. Details
- 'Gibbons, Sydney (1825-1917)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-565835. Details
See also
- Science and the making of Victoria, with Royal Society of Victoria, 2001, http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/smv/index_g.html. Details
Rosanne Walker
Created: 25 May 2001, Last modified: 4 July 2012