Person
Cooke, William Ternent (1877 - 1957)
FRACI FInstF
- Born
- 16 November 1877
Adelaide, South Australia, Australia - Died
- 24 October 1957
Adelaide, South Australia, Australia - Occupation
- Chemist
Summary
William 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 Australian Chemical Institute and served the South Australian Branch in executive positions for at least twenty years. He was elected Fellow in 1944 and also became a Fellow of London's Institute of Fuel (FInstF).
Details
Chronology
- 1900
- Education - Bachelor of Science with Honours (BSc(Hons)), University of Adelaide
- 1901 - 1902
- Award - 1851 Exhibition Bursary
- 1902 - 1904
- Award - 1851 Exhibition Science Research Scholarship [Inorganic Chemistry. - On the reduction of hydrazoic acid. Experiments on the vapour densities of zinc and other metals. University College, London]
- 1905
- Education - Doctor of Science (DSc), University of Adelaide
- 1906 - 1948
- Career position - Lecturer then Senior Lecturer and then Reader in Chemistry, University of Adelaide
- 1917 - 1944
- Career Position - Foundation Member, Australian Chemical Institute
- c. 1918 - c. 1922
- Career position - Committee member, Australian Chemical Institute
- 1923
- Career event - Elected Associate Member (Chemistry), Australian National Research Council
- c. 1923 - c. 1927
- Career position - Treasurer, South Australian Branch, Australian Chemical Institute
- 1928 - 1930
- Career position - President, South Australian Branch, Australian Chemical Institute
- 1932
- Career position - President, South Australian Branch, Australian Chemical Institute
- 1941 - 1942
- Career Position - President, Royal Society of South Australia
- 1944 - 1953
- Award - Fellow, Australian Chemical Institute
- 1953 - 1957
- Award - Fellow, Royal Australian Chemical Institute (FRACI)
Related entries
Published resources
Books
- Royal Commission for the Exhibition of 1851, Record of the science research scholars of the Royal Commission for the Exhibition of 1851, 1891 - 1960 (London: The Commissioners, 1961), 107 pp. Science Research Scholarship - Entry No.178. Details
Resources
- 'Cooke, W T (18771116-19571024)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-565319. Details
Resource Sections
- '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
Gavan McCarthy; Ken McInnes
Created: 20 October 1993, Last modified: 14 October 2026
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