Biographical entry Nyholm, Ronald Sydney (1917 - 1971)

Summary

(Sir) Ronald Sydney Nyholm was Professor of Chemistry at University College, London from 1955. Earlier he had taught at the Sydney Technical College 1940- 51 and at the New South Wales University of Technology 1952-54. Nyholm was educated at the University of Sydney and University College London.

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c. 1940

Career position - Research Chemist with the Ever Ready Battery Company

1940 - 1951

Career position - Lecturer then Senior Lecturer in Chemistry at Sydney Technical College

1947

Award - ICI Fellowship to London University received

1952

Award - Corday Morgan Medal and Prize received from the Chemical Society of London

1952 - 1954

Career position - Associate Professor of Inorganic Chemistry at the New South Wales University of Technology

1954

Career position - President of the Royal Society of New South Wales

1955 -

Career position - Professor of Chemistry at University College London

1955

Award - H. G. Smith Medal received from the Royal Australian Chemical Institute

1958 -

Award - Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS)

1959

Award - Royal Medal received from the Royal Society of New South Wales

1960

Award - Tilden Lecture presented to the Chemical Society

1963 -

Career position - Head of the Chemistry Department at University College London

1966

Career position - President of Section (B) Chemistry, British Association for Advancement of Science

1967

Award - Knighted

1967

Career position - President of the Association of Science Education

1968

Award - Gold Medal received from the Italian Chemical Society

1968

Award - Liversidge Lecturer for the Chemical Society

1968

Career position - President of the Chemical Society (UK)

1969

Award - "Sigillum Magnum" Medal received from the University of Bologna, Italy

Published resources

Book Sections

• Livingstone, Stanley E., 'Nyholm, Sir Ronald Sydney (1917-1971), Professor of Chemistry', in John Ritchie (ed.), Australian Dictionary of Biography, vol. 15, Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 2000, pp. 504-505. Also available at http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A150585b.htm. Details

Journal Articles

• '[Obituary]: Sir Ronald Sydney Nyholm, FRS', Australian Chemical Processing and Engineering, vol. 25, no. 1, 1972, p. 33. Details
• 'Obituary: Ronald Sydney Nyholm, 1917-1971', Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Australian Chemical Institute, vol. 39, no. 11, 1972, pp. 320-321. Details
• Mellor, D.P., 'Ronald Sidney Nyholm (1917-1971): Obituary', Search, vol. 3, no. 11/12, 1972, p. 399. Details

Online Resources

• National Library of Australia, 'Nyholm, Ronald Sydney', Trove, National Library of Australia and the Australian National Maritime Museum Darling Harbour, 2009, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1475008. Details

See also

• Aroney, M. J.; Bukingham, A. D., 'Raymond James Wood Le Fevre 1905-1986', Historical Records of Australian Science, vol. 7, no. 3, 1988, pp. 273-297. Also available at http://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/HR9880730273.htm. Details