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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 1993-10-20 human Gavan McCarthy updated 2026-03-18 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P000208b.htm person Bastow Stewart Henry AACR2 22 February 1908 23 January 1964 Place of Birth Folkestone, Kent, England Place of Death Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Physical chemist Stewart Bastow was the head of the CSIR Tribophysics group 1945-1949 and then a member of the CSIRO Executive until 1964. He was the Chief Executive Officer 1957-1959.

Born Folkestone, England, 22 February 1908. Died Melbourne, 23 January 1964. DSO 1945. Educated Universities of Tasmania (BSc 1929) and Cambridge (PhD 1932). Demonstrator in physics, University of Tasmania 1927; 1851 Exhibition senior scholar 1932-34; research chemist, National Enamels Limited 1934-37; the South Metropolitan Gas Company, England and Anglo-Iranian Oil Company 1937-40; Royal Engineers 1940-45; Officer-in-charge, Lubricants and Bearings Section (later the Division of Tribophysics), CSIR 1945-49; member of the CSIRO Executive 1949-64; Chief Executive Officer 1957-59. President, Victorian Branch, Royal Australian Chemical Institute 1962. A laboratory at CSIRO's Division of Materials Science and Technology, Clayton, was named after him.

1932 Award - 1851 Exhibition Research Fellowship Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), Commonwealth of Australia (1949 - )

Member of the CSIRO Executive (1949 - 1964) Chief Executive Officer of the CSIRO (1957 - 1959)

 CSIR/O Division of Tribophysics, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (1948 - 1978)

Officer-in-Charge 19 April 1948 - 18 October 1949

 CSIR Tribophysics Section, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (1946 - 1948)

Officer-in-Charge 1946 - 18 April 1948

 CSIR Lubricants and Bearings Section, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (1939 - 1946)

Officer-in-Charge 10 September 1945 - 1946

 1851 Exhibition Scholarship Awards, Australia (1891 - )

1851 Exhibition Research Fellowship: 1932

 Advisory Council - CSIRO, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (1950 - 1986)

Member 1950-1963

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 'Bastow, Stewart Henry', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Bastow, Stewart Henry Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Resource Section: Bastow, Stewart Henry Bastow, Stewart Henry Australian Science Archives Project 1995 Physics in Australia to 1945 R.W. Home, with the assistance of Paula J. Needham Journal Article: Obituary: Dr. S.H. Bastow Obituary: Dr. S.H. Bastow 1964 Australian Physicist 1 1 6-7 Journal Article: Stuart Henry Bastow Stuart Henry Bastow 1964 Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Australian Chemical Institute 31 2 65-66 Book Section: Bastow, Stewart Henry (1908-1964), chemist and administrator Spink, J. A. Bastow, Stewart Henry (1908-1964), chemist and administrator Melbourne Melbourne University Press 1993 Australian dictionary of biography, volume 13: 1940 - 1980 A-De John Ritchie 130-131 Journal Article: Stewart Henry Bastow: Colloid Chemist, Soldier and Science Administrator Spink, J.A. Stewart Henry Bastow: Colloid Chemist, Soldier and Science Administrator 1997 Chemistry in Australia 64 9 20-23 Journal Article: Walter Boas 1904-1982 Clarebrough, L. M.; Head, A. K. Walter Boas 1904-1982 1987 Historical Records of Australian Science 6 4 507-517 Journal Article: Robert Gordon Menzies (1894-1978) White, F. W.G. Robert Gordon Menzies (1894-1978) 1980 Historical Records of Australian Science 5 1 68-102 Stewart Henry Bastow - Records Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) Corporate Records and Archives Strategies Stewart Henry Bastow - Records Series 427 and others 1945 - 1964 Correspondence, minutes and reports from various council and committee involvements 1955-63 [Series 427]. Files regarding building research committees 1945-52 [Series 428]. 'Science in Australia', Jubilee seminar, Canberra, papers including correspondence July 1951 [Series 460]. Miscellaneous historical files 1945-63 [T/85/78/5].