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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 1993-10-20 human Gavan McCarthy [P004098] and Helen Cohn updated 2026-03-18 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P001606b.htm person Bosworth Richard Charles Leslie AACR2 17 January 1907 24 March 1964 Place of Birth Adelaide, South Australia, Australia Place of Death Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Physical chemist Richard Bosworth was recognised as a world authority on heat transfer and transport processes in applied chemistry. Having been awarded a 1851 Exhibition Overseas Scholarship for PhD studies at the University of Cambridge, from 1938 to 1956 he was Research Chemist and Manager of the Research Department at the Colonial Sugar Refining Company. In 1957 he became Associate Professor of Physical Chemistry at the New South Wales University College (from 1958 the University of New South Wales). Among his publications were Heat transfer phenomena (1952) and Transport processes in applied chemistry (1956). 1928 1928 Education - Bachelor of Science (BSc), University of Adelaide 1931 1931 Education - Master of Science (MSc), University of Adelaide 1933 1935 Award - 1851 Exhibition Overseas Scholarship, studied at Trinity College, University of Cambridge 1935 1935 Education - Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), University of Cambridge 1936 1937 Award - 1851 Exhibition Research Fellowship 1938 1938 Education - Doctor of Science (DSc), University of Adelaide 1938 1948 Career position - Research Chemist, Colonial Sugar Refining Company 1948 1957 Career position - Manager, Research Department, Colonial Sugar Refining Company 1951 1952 Career position - President, Royal Society of New South Wales 1952 1952 Career event - Achieved a patent for a type of salicylic acid, jointly with Beverly Cortis-Jones 1952 1952 Award - H. G. Smith Memorial Medal, Australian Chemical Institute 1957 1957 Award - Royal Society of New South Wales Medal 1957 1964 Career position - Associate Professor and Head of physical chemistry department, New South Wales University of Technology (later University New South Wales) 1958? 1958? Career position - President, New South Wales Branch, British Society of Rheology 1958 1958 Career position - President, University of New South Wales Chemical Society 1959 1959 Award - Royal Society of New South Wales Medal 1961 1961 Career position - Visiting Professor, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand The University of New South Wales (1958 - )

Associate Professor and Head of the Department of Physical Chemistry 1957 - 1964

 Colonial Sugar Refining Company (1855 - 1974)

Manager, Research Department 1948 - 1957

 Royal Society of New South Wales (1866 - )

President 1951 - 1952

 H. G. Smith Memorial Medal, Royal Australian Chemical Institute (1929 - )

Awarded the Medal by the Australian Chemical Institute 1952

 Royal Society of New South Wales Medal (1884 - )

Awarded the Medal 1957 and 1959

 1851 Exhibition Scholarship Awards, Australia (1891 - )

1851 Exhibition Overseas Scholarship: 1933-1935; 1851 Exhibition Research Fellowship: 1936-1937. [Studied at Trinity College, University of Cambridge]

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 Bosworth, R C L (1907-1964)

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 'Bosworth, Richard Charles Leslie', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Bosworth, Richard Charles Leslie Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Resource Section: Bosworth, Richard Charles Leslie Bosworth, Richard Charles Leslie Australian Science Archives Project 1995 Physics in Australia to 1945 R.W. Home, with the assistance of Paula J. Needham Book Section: Bosworth, Richard Charles Leslie (1907-1964), chemist and academic Bhathal, R. Bosworth, Richard Charles Leslie (1907-1964), chemist and academic Melbourne Melbourne University Press 1993 Australian dictionary of biography, volume 13: 1940 - 1980 A-De John Ritchie 226-227 Richard Charles Leslie Bosworth - Records University of New South Wales Archives Richard Charles Leslie Bosworth - Records CN 929 1930 - 1964 Correspondence; lecture notes; scientific and technical notes and notebooks; publications; booklets and mementos of Cambridge; overall dates 1930-64 [about 1 m, CN 929]. 1 m