Person

Phillips, Leslie William (1893 - 1949)

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Born
15 April 1893
Tungamah, Victoria, Australia
Died
10 May 1949
Mount Lawley, Western Australia, Australia
Occupation
Chemist

Summary

Leslie William Phillips was Superintendent of Technical Education in Western Australia from 1941 until ill health forced him to retire in 1948. After holding teaching positions in his home State of Victoria, Phillips took up a post as Assistant Lecturer in Chemistry at Perth Technical School (1920). There he received a grant from the Science and Industrial Endowment Fund to investigate toxic principles in common poison plants. Nine years later he was appointed Assistant Superintendent of Technical Education.

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Chronology

1915 - 1919
Military service - First World War. Sergeant, Australian Imperial Force in the medical units in England and with the 2nd Field Ambulance in France (1918)
1918
Award - Mentioned in Despatches (MID)
1919
Education - Bachelor of Science (BSc), University of Melbourne
1919
Career position - Teacher at Hamilton High School then Footscray Technical School in Victoria
1920
Award - Funding to investigate toxic principles in common poison plants, Science and Industry Endowment Fund
1920
Education - Diploma in Education (DipEd), University of Melbourne
1920 - c. 1929
Career position - Assistant Lecturer in Chemistry, Perth Technical School
1923
Education - Master of Science (MSc), University of Melbourne
1929 - 1940
Career position - Assistant Superintendent of Technical Education in Western Australia
1931 - 1932
Career position - President, Royal Society of Western Australia
1935
Career position - Carnegie Foundation Fellow at the Institute of Education, University of London
1938
Education - Master of Education (MEd), University of Melbourne
1941 - 1948
Career position - Superintendent of Technical Education in Western Australia
1942 - 1943
Career position - President, Australian Chemical Institute

Published resources

Book Sections

  • Birman, Wendy, 'Phillips, Leslie William (1893-1949), Chemist and Educationist' in Australian dictionary of biography, volume 15: 1940 - 1980 Kem-Pie, John Ritchie, ed. (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 2000), pp. 604-605. http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A150709b.htm. Details

Journal Articles

  • 'Obituary: Leslie William Phillips', Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Australian Chemical Institute, 16 (July) (1949), 238-239. Details
  • 'Obituary: Leslie William Phillips', Australian Journal of Science, 12 (2) (1949), 68. Details

Resources

See also

  • Smith, Susan and Spurling, Thomas H., 'The Science and Industry Endowment Fund: supporting the development of Australian science', Historical Records of Australian Science, 26 (1) (2015), 58-83, https://doi.org/10.1071/HR14027. Details

Annette Alafaci

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