Biographical entry Bayliss, Noel Stanley (1906 - 1996)

Summary

Noel Stanley Bayliss was Professor of Chemistry at the University of Western Australia 1938-71. His main interest was spectroscopy but he was also involved during the 1940s with investigation of the chemistry of alunite clay as a potential source of potash and alumina.

Details

Born Brisbane, 19 December 1906. Died Perth, 17 February 1996. CBE 1960, Kt 1979. Educated Universities of Melbourne (BSc 1927), Oxford (BA 1930) and California, Berkeley (PhD 1933). Rhodes Scholar for Victoria 1927; Commonwealth Fund Fellow, University of California 1930-33; senior lecturer in chemistry, University of Melbourne 1933-37; professor of chemistry, University of Western Australia 1938-71. Fellow, Australian Academy of Science 1954, H.G. Smith medal 1950, Leighton Medal 1967.

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Archival resources

Private hands (Bayliss, N.S.)

• Noel Stanley Bayliss - Records, 1907 - 1990; Private hands (Bayliss, N.S.). Details

Published resources

Journal Articles

• Bayliss, N. S., 'Obituary: Douglas Elwood White', Australian Journal of Science, vol. 26, no. 12, 1964, p. 393. Details
• Bayliss, N. S., 'The Western Australian Alunite Project 1940-1954', Historical Records of Australian Science, vol. 5, no. 4, 1983, pp. 39-54. Also available at http://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/HR9830540039.htm. Details
• Cole, A. R. H., 'Noel Stanley Bayliss 1906-1996', Historical Records of Australian Science, vol. 11, no. 2, 1996, pp. 191-211. Also available at http://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/HR9961120191.htm. Details

Online Resources

• 'Bayliss, Noel Stanley - Ms 185', in Listing of Adolph Basser Library holdings, Australian Academy of Science, 1994, http://www.science.org.au/basser/manuscript-collection/ms185.html. Details
• 'Bayliss, Noel Stanley', 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/P000213p.htm. Details
• National Library of Australia, 'Bayliss, Noel Stanley', Trove, National Library of Australia and the Australian National Maritime Museum Darling Harbour, 2009, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1476137. Details

See also

• Cole, A. R. H., Watts, D. W., 'Alan James Parker 1933-1982', Historical Records of Australian Science, vol. 6, no. 3, 1986, pp. 399-407. Also available at http://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/HR9860630399.htm. Details
• Walsh, A. and Willis, J. B., 'Albert Lloyd George Rees 1916-1989', Historical Records of Australian Science, vol. 9, no. 1, 1992, pp. 31-47. Also available at http://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/HR9920910031.htm. Details