P002795
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AU-VU:EOAS
Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation
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Person
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1997-06-30
human
Rosanne Walker
updated
2019-12-13
human
https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P002795b.htm
person
Backhouse
William Fryer
AACR2
13 February 1897
15 June 1953
Place of Birth
Sheffield, England
Metallurgist
William Backhouse had been director and general manager of Australian Titan Products Pty. Ltd. for some years before his death. He had previously worked for various chemical companies in Sydney and in Sheffield, UK.
1916
1921
Career position - Chemist, Research Chemist and Assistant Plant Superintendent for Hadfield Ltd. in Sheffield
1921
1923
Career position - Chief Chemist and Metallurgist at Hadfield Ltd.in Sydney
1924
1931
Career position - Technical Manager, then Manager at Alumino-Thermic and Metal Sprayers Ltd
1930
1932
Career position - Lecturer (part time) in Metallurgy at the Sydney Technical College
1932
1938
Career position - General Manager of Titanium Products Ltd., later Titanium Pigments Ltd
1938
1943
Career position - Technical Service Officer with ICIANZ (Imperial Chemical Industries of Australia and New Zealand)
1944
1953
Career position - Director and General Manager of Australian Titan Products Pty. Ltd in Burnie, Tasmania
Backhouse, William Fryer (1897-1953)
Trove
'Backhouse, William Fryer', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology
Backhouse, William Fryer
Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation
Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation