Biographical entry Cooke, William Ternent (1877 - 1957)

Summary

William Ternent Cooke studied chemistry and metallurgy at University of Adelaide and received one of the first DSc degrees the University bestowed. Cooke remained loyal to the University of Adelaide and returned there to lecture after completing studies in England. He spent 43 years teaching at the University and was eventually appointed Reader in Chemistry. Cooke was a foundation member of the Royal Australian Chemical Institute and served the Australian Chemical Institute for at least twenty years. He was elected Fellow in 1944 and also became a Fellow of London's Institute of Fuel (FIF).

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1900

Education - Bachelor of Science with Honours (BSc (Hons)) completed at the University of Adelaide

1902 - 1904

Education - 1851 Exhibition Scholar / Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) studies at University College in London

1905

Education - Doctor of Science (DSc) received from the University of Adelaide

1906 - 1948

Career position - Lecturer then Senior Lecturer and then Reader in Chemistry at the University of Adelaide

c. 1918 - c. 1922

Career position - Committee member of the Australian Chemical Institute

c. 1923 - c. 1927

Career position - Branch Treasurer of the Australian Chemical Institute

1928 - 1930

Career position - Branch President of the Australian Chemical Institute

1932

Career position - Branch President of the Australian Chemical Institute

1944

Career position - Fellow of the Royal Australian Chemical Institute (FRACI)

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Online Resources

• 'Cooke, William Ternent', 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/P001629p.htm. Details
• 'Cooke, W T', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-565319. Details