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Biographical entry Somerset, Henry Beaufort (1906 - 1995)
CBE, Kt Cr, FTSE
- Born
- 21 May 1906
Mt Morgan, Queensland, Australia - Died
- 15 September 1995
- Occupation
- Industrial chemist and Company director
Summary
(Sir) Henry Beaufort Somerset was Director of Associated Pulp and Paper Mills Ltd from 1945 to 81. He was also director and chairman of many other companies. Somerset was educated at the University of Melbourne (BSc, MSc).
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Events
- 1929 - 1936
- Career position - Chemist at ICIANZ (Imperial Chemical Industries of Australia and New Zealand)
- 1937 - 1945
- Career position - Chemist with Associated Pulp and Paper Mills Ltd
- 1945 - 1981
- Career position - Director of Associated Pulp and Paper Mills Ltd
- 1947 - 1981
- Career position - Director of Goliath Cement Holdings Ltd
- 1949 - 1982
- Career position - Director of Tioxide Australia Pty Ltd
- 1953 - 1976
- Career position - Chairman of Tioxide Australia Pty Ltd
- 1953 - 1978
- Career position - Director of EZ Industries Ltd
- 1957 - 1982
- Career position - Director of Humes Ltd
- 1958
- Career position - President of the Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy
- 1961
- Award - Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)
- 1961 - 1978
- Career position - Director of Australian Fertilizers Ltd
- 1961 - 1981
- Career position - Chairman of Humes Ltd
- 1963 - 1976
- Career position - Director of ICI Australia Ltd
- 1964 - 1972
- Career position - Chancellor of the University of Tasmania
- 1965 - 1973
- Career position - Member of the Executive of CSIRO (Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation)
- 1966
- Career position - President of the Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy
- 1966
- Award - Knight Bachelor (Kt cr)
- 1967 - 1982
- Career position - Chairman of Goliath Cement Holdings Ltd
- 1968 - 1977
- Career position - Trustee of the National Museum of Victoria
- 1970 - 1982
- Career position - Director of NKS (Holdings) Ltd
- 1970 - 1983
- Career position - Inaugural Chairman of the Australian Mineral Foundation
- 1971 - 1981
- Career position - Director of Perpetual Executors and Trustees Association of Australia Ltd
- 1973 - 1981
- Career position - Chairman of Perpetual Executors and Trustees Association of Australia Ltd
- 1977 - 1982
- Career position - Chairman of the Central Norseman Gold Corporation Ltd
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Published resources
Online Resources
- National Library of Australia, 'Somerset, Henry Beaufort', Trove, National Library of Australia and the Australian National Maritime Museum Darling Harbour, 2009, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1473530. Details
Rosanne Walker
Created: 30 June 1997, Last modified: 6 September 2006