Biographical entry Anderson, Valentine George (1885 - 1969)

Summary

Valentine Anderson practised as a chemical analyst in Melbourne from 1910 and lectured in applied chemistry at the University of Melbourne 1925-1946. He was an adviser to many Australian government departments and committees and published a number of research papers.

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Events

1904 - 1905

Education - Assistant Chemistry Demonstrator at the Ballarat School of Mines

1906 - 1907

Career position - Science Master at Wesley College

1906 - 1907

Career position - Lecturer in Chemistry at the Working Men's College

1908 - 1909

Career position - Analyst for the Inspector of Explosives

1908 - 1909

Career position - Adviser to the Melbourne and Metropolitan Board of Works

1910 - 1914

Career position - Associate to David Avery

1913 - 1915

Career position - Chemistry research funded by the University of Melbourne research scholarship

1915 - 1969

Career position - Avery and Anderson consulting chemists established

1917

Career position - Member of the provisional committee of the Australian Chemical Institute

1922

Career position - President of the Society of Chemical Industry of Victoria

1925 - 1946

Career position - Lecturer in Applied Chemistry (part time) at the University of Melbourne

1931 - 1932

Career position - President of the Australian Chemical Institute, Victorian branch

1948

Career position - President of the Australian Chemical Institute

1957 - 1958

Career position - President of the Royal Society of Victoria

Related entries

Archival resources

Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) Corporate Records and Archives Strategies

• Valentine George Anderson - Records, 1916 - 1922; Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) Corporate Records and Archives Strategies. Details

The University of Melbourne Archives

• Valentine George Anderson - Records, 1912 - 1915; The University of Melbourne Archives. Details

Published resources

Book Sections

• Radford, Joan T., 'Anderson, Valentine George (1885-1969), chemical analyst', in Bede Nairn and Geoffrey Serle (eds), Australian Dictionary of Biography, vol. 7, Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 1979, p. 63. Also available at http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A070065b.htm. Details

Journal Articles

• 'Obituaries: Valentine George Anderson, 1885-1969; Theodore d'Aveline Melhuish, 1897-1969', Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Australian Chemical Institute, vol. 37, no. 2, 1970, p. 37. Details

Online Resources

• National Library of Australia, 'Anderson, Valentine George', Trove, National Library of Australia and the Australian National Maritime Museum Darling Harbour, 2009, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1465543. Details

See also

• Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering, Technology in Australia 1788-1988, Online edn, Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre, Melbourne, 3 May 2000, http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/tia/scripts/tia-dynindex.php3?EID=P000991. Details