Biographical entry Anderson, John Stuart (1908 - 1990)

Summary

John Anderson was Professor of Inorganic Chemistry, Oxford University, 1963-1975, following two periods at the University of Melbourne, first as Senior Lecturer and then as Professor, which alternated with positions in the UK.

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1932 - 1938

Career position - Demonstrator and Assistant Lecturer at the Imperial College in London

1938 - 1946

Career position - Senior Lecturer in Inorganic Chemistry at the University of Melbourne

1944

Award - H.G. Smith Memorial Medal received from the Royal Australian Chemical Institute

1947 - 1953

Career position - Deputy Principal Scientific Officer at the Atomic Energy Research Establishment in Harwell, UK

1953

Career position - Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS)

1954 -

Career position - Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science (FAA)

1954 - 1959

Career position - Professor of Inorganic Chemistry and Head of Chemistry at the University of Melbourne

1959 - 1963

Career position - Director of the National Chemical Laboratory, UK

1963 - 1975

Career position - Professor of Inorganic Chemistry at Oxford University, UK

1965

Career position - Matthew Flinders Lecturer for the Australian Academy of Science

1973

Award - Davy Medal received from the Royal Society

1975

Award - Longstaff Medal received from the British Chemical Society

1975 - 1981

Career position - Honorary Professorial Fellow at the University College of Wales

1981 - 1990

Career position - Visiting fellowship from the Research School of Chemistry at the Australian National University, Canberra

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Published resources

Journal Articles

• Anderson, J. S., 'Sir David Masson's Scientific Work', The Royal Australian Chemical Institute Proceedings, vol. 25, 1958, pp. 542-544. Details
• Hyde, B. G. and Day, P, 'John Stuart Anderson', Historical Records of Australian Science, vol. 9, no. 2, 1992. Also available at http://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/HR9920920127.htm. Details

Online Resources

• 'Anderson, John Stuart', in Physics in Australia to 1945, R.W. Home, with the assistance of Paula J. Needham, Australian Science Archives Project, June 1995, http://www.asap.unimelb.edu.au/bsparcs/physics/P000014p.htm. Details
• Hyde, B. G., and Day, P., 'John Stuart Anderson 1908-1990', in Australian Academy of Science Biographical Memoirs, Australian Academy of Science, 2006, http://www.science.org.au/fellows/memoirs/anderson.html. Details
• National Library of Australia, 'Anderson, J S', Trove, National Library of Australia and the Australian National Maritime Museum Darling Harbour, 2009, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1262371. Details

See also

• Clarebrough, L. M.; Head, A. K., 'Walter Boas 1904-1982', Historical Records of Australian Science, vol. 6, no. 4, 1987, pp. 507-517. Also available at http://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/HR9870640507.htm. Details