Person
Gascoigne, Robert Mortimer (1918 - 1994)
- Born
- 16 March 1918
- Died
- April 1994
- Occupation
- Organic chemist and Science historian
Summary
Robert Mortimer Gascoigne was a science historian who specialised in analysing the significance and citation rates of over 900 scientific journals and books. He authored many works detailing this material including the Historical catalogue of scientists and scientific books from the earliest times to the close of the 19th Century (1984). Gascoigne as himself a scientist having worked in the field of organic chemistry for many years. His main area of research was on the tetracyclic triterpenses produced by Australian native plants. Gascoigne was a Senior Lecturer at the University of New South Wales until his retirement in 1977 and the following year was made a life member of the Royal Society of New South Wales.
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Chronology
- 1939 -
- Career position - Member, Royal Society of New South Wales
- 1978
- Award - Life member, Royal Society of New South Wales
- 1984
- Career position - Historical catalogue of scientists and scientific books from the earliest times to the close of the 19th Century published
- 1985
- Career position - A Historical catalogue of the scientific periodicals 1665-1900 with a survey of their development. published
- 1987
- Career position - A chronology of the history of science 1450 to 1900 published
Published resources
Journal Articles
- DJS, 'Biographical Memoirs - Robert Mortimer Gascoigne', Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales, 127 (3&4) (1994), 166. Details
Resources
- 'Gascoigne, Robert Mortimer (1918-1994)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-638014. Details
Annette Alafaci
Created: 11 September 2006, Last modified: 13 December 2013