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person
Boan
Robert
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1863?
10 December 1936
Place of Death
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Analytical chemist
Robert Boan worked for the Victorian Railways Department 1878-1925. On his advice the Department added a chemical laboratory to its organisation, which he gradually built up, as chemist-in-charge, to an important testing and research laboratory.
1878
1925
Career position - Engineer, then Engineer of Tests at the Victorian Railways Department
1925
1929
Career position - Analytical and Consulting Chemist (in partnership with his son, R. F. Boan)
1929
1933
Career position - Chemical Adviser to Texas Oil Co.
1933
1936
Career position - Private practice with his son
1936
1936
Career position - Chairman, Sydney Section of the Society of Chemical Industry
Boan, Robert Farquharson (1890 - 1952)
Boan, Robert (1863-1936)
Trove
'Boan, Robert', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology
Boan, Robert
Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation
Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation
Journal Article: The sewage treatment problem (Paper & Discussion)
Boan, Robert
The sewage treatment problem (Paper & Discussion)
1905
Proceedings of the Victorian Institute of Engineers vol. IV
109-146