Person
Lions, Francis (1901 - 1972)
- Born
- 30 November 1901
Perth, Western Australia, Australia - Died
- 13 March 1972
Hornsby, New South Wales, Australia - Occupation
- Educator and Organic chemist
Summary
Francis Lions was a organic chemist who is known for working with Francis Dwyer while to devise organic compounds capable of bonding with a metal molecule at six separate sites. The research was groundbreaking because the molecules were highly stable. Lions was also a well regarded teacher and lecturer of chemistry. Having joined the staff of the University of Sydney as a lecturer and demonstrator in 1926, he was promoted to Senior Lecturer in 1944 and Reader in 1946.
Details
Chronology
- 1922
- Award - University of Sydney Medal for Chemistry
- 1923
- Education - Bachelor of Science, University of Sydney
- 1923
- Award - 1851 Exhibition Overseas Scholarship
- 1923
- Award - University of Sydney Medal for Organic Chemistry
- 1925
- Education - Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Organic Chemistry, Victoria University, Manchester, England
- 1926 - c. 1944
- Career position - Lecturer and Demonstrator in Chemistry, University of Sydney
- 1944 - 1946
- Career position - Senior Lecturer in Chemistry, University of Sydney
- 1946
- Career event - President, Royal Society of New South Wales
- 1965
- Award - Royal Society of New South Wales Medal
Related entries
Sibling
Published resources
Books
- Hawkins, Jenny, Francis Lions: a memoir (Ainslie, A.C.T.: Jenny Hawkins, 2010), 139 pp. Details
Book Sections
- Rickards, R. W.; and Sargeson, A. M., 'Lions, Francis (1901-1972)' in Australian dictionary of biography, volume 15: 1940 - 1980 Kem-Pie, John Ritchie, ed. (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 2000). http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/lions-francis-10836. Details
Journal Articles
- Baker, Anthony T., 'The contribution of Dwyer and Lions to the design of sexadentate ligands', Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales, 132 (1999), 65-82. Details
- Baker, N. J.; Xiao, L. H.; Craig, D. C.; and Baker, A. T., 'Metal complexes of linear sexadentate ligands: Dwyer and Lions revisited', Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales, 132 (1999), 11-22. Details
- Birch, Arthur J., 'Francis Lions, a Memoir and Contemporary Historical Assessment: Sydney University Chemistry, 1930s to 1960s', Historical Records of Australian Science, 20 (2) (2009), 163-190 , https://doi.org/10.1071/HR09009. Details
- Hawkins, Jenny and Goodwin, Harold A., 'Francis Lions: the Early Development of his Interest in Coordination Chemistry', Historical Records of Australian Science, 21 (2) (2010), 181-9, https://doi.org/10.1071/HR10009. Details
- Rae, Ian D., 'Appointing a Professor: Reflections on Filling the Chair of Organic Chemistry at the University of Sydney in 1948', Historical Records of Australian Science, 18 (1) (2007), 19-42, https://doi.org/10.1071/HR07001. Details
Resources
- Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q21537671. Details
- 'Lions, Francis (19011130-19720313)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1466510. Details
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Created: 8 May 2012, Last modified: 11 April 2016