Person
Raws, William Lennon (Lennon) (1878 - 1958)
- Born
- 7 August 1878
Kimbolton, Huntingdonshire, England - Died
- 19 April 1958
South Yarra, Victoria, Australia - Occupation
- Business executive
Summary
Sir Lennon Raws was first managing director of Imperial Chemical industry (Australia) Ltd (I.C.I.A.N.Z. from 1929) 1928-1946, vice-chairman 1933-1934 and chairman 1934-1946. He was involved in having Australian brown coal evaluated in the UK during the 1920s and 30s with a view to liquefying it to produce synthetic petrol, a process which became very important during World War II.
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Published resources
Book Sections
- Langmore, Diane, 'Raws, Sir William Lennon (1878-1958), businessman' in Australian dictionary of biography, volume 11: 1891 - 1939 Nes-Smi, Geoffrey Serle, ed. (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1988), pp. 336-337. http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A110350b.htm. Details
Resources
- Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q21538266. Details
- 'Raws, William Lennon (18780807-19580419)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1477087. 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_r.html. Details
- Wisdom, John, A History of Defence Science in Australia (Melbourne: Defence Science and Technology Organisation, 1995), 267 pp. Details
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Created: 25 May 2001, Last modified: 2 March 2018
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