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Raws, William Lennon (Lennon) (1878 - 1958)

Born
7 August 1878
Kimbolton, Huntingdonshire, England
Died
19 April 1958
South Yarra, Victoria, Australia
Occupation
Business executive

Summary

Sir Lennon Raws was first managing director of Imperial Chemical industry (Australia) Ltd (I.C.I.A.N.Z. from 1929) 1928-1946, vice-chairman 1933-1934 and chairman 1934-1946. He was involved in having Australian brown coal evaluated in the UK during the 1920s and 30s with a view to liquefying it to produce synthetic petrol, a process which became very important during World War II.

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  • 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/index_r.html. Details
  • Wisdom, John, A History of Defence Science in Australia (Melbourne: Defence Science and Technology Organisation, 1995), 267 pp. Details

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