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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 1997-06-30 human Rosanne Walker updated 2024-10-23 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P002603b.htm person Somerset Henry St. John FAIMM AACR2 28 February 1875 30 September 1952 Place of Birth Brisbane, Queensland, Australia Place of Death Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Metallurgist Henry Somerset was General Manager of Electrolytic Zinc Co. of Australia Ltd. from 1926 to 1945, then Managing Director from 1945 until his retirement in 1947. He was also a Foundation Director of Associated Pulp and Paper Mills Ltd., Burnie, Tasmania.

One of Henry St. John Somerset's first jobs was working as an Assistant Assayer at Mount Morgan Gold Mining Co. in 1893. By 1896 he had been appointed Chief Assayer, then Works Chemist (1900), Assistant Metallurgist (1905), and Chief Metallurgist (1906 -1911). For the next two years Somerset worked as a consultant in Sydney and in 1914 joined Great Cobar Copper Mining Co. as their Chief Metallurgist. In 1916 he moved to Broken Hill Associated Smelters Pty. Ltd. at Port Pirie, firstly as Plant Superintendent and was promoted to General Superintendent in 1919. In 1926 he joined the Electrolytic Zinc Co. of Australia Ltd. as General Manager, and was made Managing Director in 1945. He retired from this position in 1947, but continued to work as a consultant for the company.

As a consultant, Henry St. John Somerset was associated with the development of Associated Pulp and Paper Mills Ltd. in Burnie, Tasmania and many other related companies. Somerset was heavily involved in the industry as a whole and held many positions of note: He was Councillor of the Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy from 1926 to 1947, then Vice-President, President and elected a Fellow of the Institute in 1938; Member of the Society of Chemical Industry of Victoria from 1934; Member of the Board of Australian Mines and Metal Association from 1937 and Board President from 1944 to 1950.

1893 1895 Career position - Assistant Assayer at Mount Morgan Gold Mining Co. 1896 1899 Career position - Chief Assayer at the Mount Morgan Gold Mining Co. 1900 1904 Career position - Works Chemist at Mount Morgan Gold Mining Co. 1905 1905 Career position - Assistant Metallurgist at Mount Morgan Gold Mining Co. 1906 1911 Career position - Chief Metallurgist at the Mount Morgan Gold Mining Co. 1912 1913 Career position - Consultant in Sydney 1914 1915 Career position - Chief Metallurgist at the Great Cobar Copper Mining Co. 1916 1918 Career position - Plant Superintendent for Broken Hill Associated Smelters Pty. Ltd. in Port Pirie 1919 1925 Career position - General Superintendent of Broken Hill Associated Smelters Pty. Ltd. 1926 1944 Career position - General Manager of the Electrolytic Zinc Co. of Australia Ltd. 1926 1947 Career position - Councilor of the Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy 1927 1930 Career position - Vice-President of the Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy 1931 1931 Career position - President, Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy 1934 Career position - Member of the Society of Chemical Industry of Victoria 1937 Career position - Board member of Australian Mines and Metal Association 1938 1938 Career position - Fellow, Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy 1944 1950 Career position - President, Board of Australian Mines and Metal Association 1945 1947 Career position - Managing Director of Electrolytic Zinc Co. of Australia Ltd. 1947 1947 Career position - Retired, but remained on as a consultant

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 Somerset, Henry St John (1875-1952)

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 'Somerset, Henry St. John', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Somerset, Henry St. John Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Book Section: Somerset, Henry St John (1875-1952), metallurgist Fairweather, D.F. Somerset, Henry St John (1875-1952), metallurgist Melbourne Melbourne University Press 1990 Australian dictionary of biography, volume 12: 1891 - 1939 Smy-Z John Ritchie 13-14