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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 1993-10-20 human McCarthy, G.J. updated 2026-03-19 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P002030b.htm person Nyholm Ronald Sydney FRS AACR2 29 January 1917 4 December 1971 Place of Birth Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia Place of Death Cambridge, England Chemist Sir Ronald Nyholm was Professor of Chemistry at University College, London from 1955. Earlier he had taught at the Sydney Technical College 1940-1951 and at the New South Wales University of Technology 1952-1954. Nyholm was educated at the University of Sydney and University College London. c. 1940 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 1947 Award - ICI Fellowship to London University 1952 1952 Award - Corday Morgan Medal and Prize, Chemical Society of London 1952 1954 Career position - Associate Professor of Inorganic Chemistry at the New South Wales University of Technology 1954 1955 Career position - President, Royal Society of New South Wales 1955 Career position - Professor of Chemistry at University College London 1955 1955 Award - H. G. Smith Medal, Royal Australian Chemical Institute 1958 1971 Award - Fellow, The Royal Society, London (FRS) 1960 1960 Award - Tilden Lecture presented to the Chemical Society 1963 Career position - Head of the Chemistry Department at University College London 1963 1963 Award - Royal Society of New South Wales Medal 1966 1966 Career position - President of Section (B) Chemistry, British Association for Advancement of Science 1967 1967 Career position - President, Association of Science Education 1967 1967 Award - Knighted 1968 1968 Award - Gold Medal, Italian Chemical Society 1968 1968 Award - Liversidge Lecturer for the Chemical Society 1968 1968 Career position - President, Chemical Society (UK) 1969 1969 Award - "Sigillum Magnum" Medal, University of Bologna, Italy Burrows, George Joseph (1888 - 1950) H. G. Smith Memorial Medal, Royal Australian Chemical Institute (1929 - )

Awarded the Medal 1955

 Royal Society of New South Wales (1866 - )

President 1954 - 1955

 Royal Society of New South Wales Medal (1884 - )

Awarded the Medal 1963

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 'Nyholm, Ronald Sydney', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Nyholm, Ronald Sydney Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Book Section: Nyholm, Sir Ronald Sydney (1917-1971), professor of chemistry Livingstone, Stanley E. Nyholm, Sir Ronald Sydney (1917-1971), professor of chemistry Melbourne Melbourne University Press 2000 Australian dictionary of biography, volume 15: 1940 - 1980 Kem-Pie John Ritchie 504-505 Journal Article: [Obituary]: Sir Ronald Sydney Nyholm, FRS [Obituary]: Sir Ronald Sydney Nyholm, FRS 1972 Australian Chemical Processing and Engineering 25 1 33 Journal Article: Obituary: Ronald Sydney Nyholm, 1917-1971 Obituary: Ronald Sydney Nyholm, 1917-1971 1972 Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Australian Chemical Institute 39 11 320-321 Journal Article: Ronald Sidney Nyholm (1917-1971): Obituary Mellor, D.P. Ronald Sidney Nyholm (1917-1971): Obituary 1972 Search 3 11/12 399 Journal Article: The foundation of the Sydney School of Coordination Chemistry Baker, Anthony Thomas The foundation of the Sydney School of Coordination Chemistry 2000 Journal and proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales 133 45-60 Journal Article: The Early History of Co-ordination Chemistry in Australia Baker, Anthony T.; Livingstone, Stanley E. The Early History of Co-ordination Chemistry in Australia 1985 Polyhedron 4 8 1337-1351 Journal Article: Raymond James Wood Le Fèvre 1905-1986 Aroney, M. J.; Buckingham, A. D. Raymond James Wood Le Fèvre 1905-1986 1988 Historical Records of Australian Science 7 3 273-297