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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 2019-08-13 human Helen Cohn updated 2025-10-14 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P006519b.htm person Bottomley Gerald Andrew AACR2 9 October 1924 6 June 2018 Place of Birth Keighley, Yorkshire, United Kingdom Place of Death Perth, Western Australia, Australia Analytical chemist Gerry Bottomley was a chemist whose research was on the properties of gasses and the precision measurement of those properties. He undertook major studies on the levels of nitrogen oxide in the suburbs of Perth, and into emissions from industrial smoke stacks and lead pollution in soils around industrial sites and major roads. Between 1979 and 1982 Bird was Head of the Department of Physical and Inorganic Chemistry at the University of Western Australia. 1948? Education - Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), University of Leeds c. 1948 c. 1951 Career position - Assistant Lecturer, University of Liverpool c. 1951 c. 1956 Career position - Lecturer in Physical Chemistry, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand 1959 1989 Career position - Member, Royal Australian Chemical Institute 1979 1982 Career position - Head of Department of Physical and Inorganic Chemistry, University of Western Australia 1989 2018 Award - Fellow, Royal Australian Chemical Institute The University of Western Australia (1911 - )

Head, Department of Physical and Inorganic Chemistry 1979 - 1982

 Royal Australian Chemical Institute (RACI) (1953 - )

Fellow 1989 - 2018

 'Bottomley, Gerald Andrew (Gerry)', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Bottomley, Gerald Andrew (Gerry) Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Journal Article: Gerry Bottomley: a passion for high-precision measurements of liquids and gasses Chandler, G. S.; and Spurling, T. H. Gerry Bottomley: a passion for high-precision measurements of liquids and gasses 2018 Chemistry in Australia 2018 September/October 31