Person

Pratt, Henry Reginald Clive (Clive) (1911 - 2007)

Born
15 June 1911
London, United Kingdom
Died
2007
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Occupation
Chemical engineer
Alternative Names
  • Pratt, Clive

Summary

Clive Pratt was an London-born chemical engineer who made significant contributions in his field in the United Kingdom and Australia. In 1958 he accepted an invitation to become chief of the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) Chemical Engineering Section.When the Section was replaced in 1962 by the Chemical Engineering Division: Pratt stayed on as Division Chief until 1978. After his time at the CSIRO, Pratt became visiting Professor at the University of Melbourne's Department of Chemical Engineering until his retirement in 1999. Pratt's many publications inckuded the influential book Countercurrent separation processes (1967). The Clive Pratt Scholarship is awarded by the Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology, University of Melbourne, to higher degree students in chemical engineering.

Pratt's contribution to chemical engineering, in particular solvent extraction was recognised by a number of organisations. In 1953 he received the Senior Moulton Medal form the Institute of Chemical Engineers. In 1983 he received an award from the Industry Standard Engineers and Consultants (ISEC) then in 1984 the Chemeca medal from the Australian and New Zealand Federation of Chemical Engineers. He also received the Kernot Memorial Medal from the University of Melbourne in 1991.

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Chronology

1931 -
Education - Bachelor of Science (BSc), University of London
1934 - 1945
Career position - Research Chemist (later Chemical Engineer), ICI Industries
1945 - 1949
Career position - Chief Chemical Engineer, BX Plastics
1949 - 1958
Career position - Group Leader (Deputy Chief Scientific Officer), Chemical Engineering Division, Atomic Energy Research Establishment (AERE), Harwell, United Kingdom
1950 -
Education - Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Atomic Energy Research Establishment (AERE), Harwell, United Kingdom
1953
Award - Senior Moulton Medal, Institute of Chemical Engineers
1957 -
Award - Senior Doctoral Degree, Atomic Energy Research Establishment (AERE), Harwell, United Kingdom
1958
Life event - Settled in Australia
1958 - 1962
Career position - Chief, Chemical Engineering Section, Commonwealth Industrial and Scientific Research Organ
1962 - 1973
Career position - Chief, Division of Chemical Engineering, Commonwealth Industrial and Scientific Research Organ
1973 - 1981
Career position - Visiting Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Melbourne
1982 - 1999
Career position - Associate Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Melbourne
1983
Award - Industry Standard Engineers and Consultants (ISEC) Award
1984
Award - Chemeca Medal, Engineers Australia Chemical College, Royal Australian Chemical Institute, Institution of Chemical Engineers in Australia, and IChemE in New Zealand
1991
Award - Kernot Memorial Medal, for distinguished engineering achievement in Australia. Faculty of Engineering, University of Melbourne
1999 - 2002
Career position - Honorry Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Melbourne
2001
Award - IChemE Jubilee Medal, awarded at the World Congress of Chemical Engineering, Melbourne

Published resources

Books

  • Pratt, H. R. C., Countercurrent separation processes (Amsterdam: New York: Elsevier Publishing Co,, 1967), 538 pp. Details

Journal Articles

  • Bear, Joy, 'Dr H. R. Clive Pratt (1911 - 2007)', Chemistry in Australia, 75 (7) (2008), 26 - 27. Details

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See also

Elizabeth Daniels and Helen Cohn

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