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EnglishAACR2Anglo-American Cataloguing RulesPersoncreated2024-06-18humanHelen Cohnupdated2025-10-07humanhttps://www.eoas.info/biogs/P007395b.htmpersonRotheraArthur Cecil HamelAACR21 July 18803 October 1915Place of BirthNottingham, United KingdomPlace of DeathSt Kilda, Victoria, AustraliaBiochemistArthur Rothera was a biochemist highly-respected for his research in Britain and Australia. After receiving his degree from the University of Cambridge he studied at the Kaiser-Wilhlems-Universität, Strasbourg, before returning to the United Kingdom. His early research was on the amino acid cyctine, and on the sodium nitro-prusside reaction for acetone, one outcome of which was Rothera's Test used for many years by clinicians in testing for diabetes. In 1906 Rothera was appointed Lecturer in Biochemistry at the University of Melbourne, the first such appointment at any Australian university. As lecturer he was required to teach in both the Physiology and Agriculture schools. His research interests encompassed the chemistry and physiology of milk, water purification on farms, and the poisonous principle of pituri. He made contacts broadly across the University and was active in expanding his department. Although appointed to the University's Appointments Board in 1914, he never served because the Board did not sit until after his death. Rothera enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force in September 1915, but died within weeks before embarkation.19031903Education - Master of Arts (MA), University of Cambridge19061906Education - Licentiate, Royal College of Physicians, London (LRCP)19061906Education - Member, Royal College of Surgeons of England (MRCS)19061915Career position - Lecturer in Biochemistry, Department of Physiology, University of MelbourneAugust 1906August 1906Life event - Arrived in Melbourne19081915?Career position - Member, Physiological Society, United Kingdom19141915Career position - Member, Appointments Board, University of MelbourneSeptember 1915September 1915Military service - Enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force
Jackson, Lilias (1887 - 1972)
The University of Melbourne (1853 - )
Lecturer in Biochemistry, Department of Physiology 1906 - 1915
'Rothera, Arthur Cecil Hamel', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of TechnologyRothera, Arthur Cecil HamelSwinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative InnovationEncyclopedia of Australian Science and InnovationJournal Article: The electrical conductivity of milk during its concentration, with suggestions for a practical method of determining the end point in the manufacture of sweetened condensed milkJackson, Lilias C., McNab, Leslie and Rothera, A. C. H.The electrical conductivity of milk during its concentration, with suggestions for a practical method of determining the end point in the manufacture of sweetened condensed milk1914Journal of the Society of Chemical Industry33259-60Journal Article: The alkaloid of pituri obtained from Duboisia hopwoodiiRothera, A, C, H,The alkaloid of pituri obtained from <span style="font-style:italic">Duboisia hopwoodii</span>1909Biochemical journal55193-206Journal Article: Milk: its milk sugar, conductivity and depression of freezing pointJackson, Lilias Charlotte and Rothera, Arthur Cecil HamelMilk: its milk sugar, conductivity and depression of freezing point1914Biochemical journal811-27Journal Article: Experiments on cystin and its relation to sulphur metabolismRothera, A. C. H.Experiments on cystin and its relation to sulphur metabolism1905Journal of physiology322175-82Book: Notes on pharmacologyRothera, A. C. H.Notes on pharmacologyMelbourneFord1912Resource: B2455 First Australian Imperial Force Personnel Dossiers, 1914-1920CA 2001 Australian Imperial Force, Base Records OfficeB2455 First Australian Imperial Force Personnel Dossiers, 1914-1920National Archives of Australia, RecordSearchJournal Article: The Late Captain A. C. H. RotheraOsborne, W. A.The Late Captain A. C. H. Rothera1915SpeculumOctober260-3Journal Article: Arthur Cecil Hamel RotheraHopkins, F. GowlandArthur Cecil Hamel Rothera1916Biochemical journal10111-3Journal Article: "He Died with his Scientific Work Little More than Begun": the Life and Work of Arthur Cecil Hamel RotheraFlesch, Juliet"He Died with his Scientific Work Little More than Begun": the Life and Work of Arthur Cecil Hamel Rothera2012Circa: the Journal of the Professional Historians3Dec.52-60Journal Article: 'A Biochemist of the Best Type': The Contribution of Arthur Cecil Hamel Rothera to Biochemistry in AustraliaFlesch, Juliet'A Biochemist of the Best Type': The Contribution of Arthur Cecil Hamel Rothera to Biochemistry in Australia2012Historical Records of Australian Science232120-31