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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 1997-06-30 human Rosanne Walker updated 2019-12-13 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P002814b.htm person Benkendorff Gerard Werner AACR2 24 April 1913 18 June 1975 Place of Birth Berlin-Friedenau, Germany Place of Death Doncaster, Victoria, Australia Chemical engineer Science educator Gerard Benkendorff was head of the Department of Chemical Engineering, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology. He was one of the pioneers in the development of degree courses in the Victoria Institute of Colleges system. 1932 1938 Education - Attended universities taking such subjects as bacteriology, chemistry, physics, mathematics, metallurgy, mineralogy and pharmaceutical chemistry, in Würzburg, Göttigen and Frankfurt, Germany February 1932 February 1932 Education - Leaving certificate and matriculation, Trietschke High School in Berlin-Wilmersdorf, Germany 1938 1938 Education - Diploma Chemistry Degree, with thesis 'Preparation of anhydrous praseodymium', University of Frankfurt, Germany 14 March 1939 14 March 1939 Life event - Married Jutta Metschke at Berlin-Zehlendorff in Germany 1941 1941 Education - Granted a Doctor of Natural Science (PhD) for thesis concerning fillers in plastics from the Kaiser Wilhelm Institute for Physical Chemistry and Electro-Chemistry at Berlin-Dahlem, Germany 1941 1943 Career position - Worked in research and pilot plant design at Ruhrchemie AG in Oberhausen-Holten, Germany 1944 1945 Worked in development, production and administration at Dynamit AG in Kaufbeuren, Germany 1951 1952 Family decided to migrate to Australia, arriving in Sydney on the 'Strathnaver' in early February 1952 Benkendorff, Kirsten (1973 - )

Gerard Benkendorff was the grandfather of Kirsten Benkendorff

 Benkendorff, Gerard Werner (1913-1975)

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 'Benkendorff, Gerard Werner', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Benkendorff, Gerard Werner Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation