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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 1997-08-22 human Rosanne Walker updated 2019-12-13 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P002916b.htm person Griffiths L.J. AACR2 1884? 3 April 1946 Place of Birth Braidwood, New South Wales, Australia Chemist L. J. Griffiths joined BHP as a junior chemist at Broken Hill in 1898 and left as Works Manager in Newcastle in 1936. He then took over the managing directorship of National Oil Proprietary Ltd at the request of the then Prime Minister, John Curtin, a position he held until his death. 1898 1914 Career position - Chemist (of various ranks) at BHP mine in Broken Hill 1915 1936 Career position - Deputy to Chief Chemist, through to Works Manager at BHP in Newcastle, New South Wales 1941 1946 Career position - Managing Director of National Oil Proprietary Ltd Griffiths, L.J. (1884-1946)

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 'Griffiths, L.J.', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Griffiths, L.J. Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation