Biographical entry Smith, John (1821 - 1885)

John Smith was the first Professor of Chemistry and Experimental Physics at the University of Sydney 1852-81.

H. Parkes - Records, A925; Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales. Details

Hoare, Michael; Radford, Joan T., 'Smith, John (1821-1885), professor of chemistry and experimental physics', in Bede Nairn (ed.), Australian Dictionary of Biography, vol. 6, Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 1976, pp. 148-150. Also available at http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A060170b.htm. Details

MacLeod, R. (ed.), University and Community in Nineteenth Century Sydney: Professor John Smith, 1821-1885, University of Sydney Press, Sydney, 1988, 110 pp. Details

Burke, K., 'Early Photographic Processes and the John Smith Collection', Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Australian Chemical Institute, vol. 26, 1959, pp. 354-355. Details
Le Fevre, R.J.W., 'John Smith, First Professor of Chemistry in Australia', The Royal Australian Chemical Institute Proceedings, vol. 26, 1959, pp. 348-353. Details
MacMillan, D., 'The Photography of Professor John Smith', Union Recorder, no. 20 September, 1962. Details
MacMillan, David S., 'Professor John Smith and the Beginnings of Photography in Australia.', The Royal Australian Chemical Institute Proceedings, vol. 26, 1959, pp. 242-247. Details

'Smith, John', 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/P000787p.htm. Details
Early Chemists of Sydney, 2006, http://members.optusnet.com.au/jph8524/McKern.htm. Details
National Library of Australia, 'Smith, John', Trove, National Library of Australia and the Australian National Maritime Museum Darling Harbour, 2009, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-565967. Details

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