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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 2025-08-20 human Gavan McCarthy updated 2025-08-20 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P007822b.htm person Thwaites Richard AACR2 7 December 1942 Place of Birth Woodford, Essex, United Kingdom Chemist After completing a chemistry degree at Oxford, Richard's DPhil specialisation was in Chemisorption under the supervision of Dr R P H Gasser. Richard then moved into industry, initially with Albright & Wilson Ltd in London, and subsequently with Albright & Wilson (Australia) Limited in Melbourne and Sydney. His roles included Corporate Development, Production Management (Yarraville and Wetherill Park), Marketing Management, General Management and latterly Technology Transfer Management following the company's participation in the Cooperative Research Centre for Industrial Plant Biopolymers and the CRC for Bioproducts. Richard has been active inter alia on committees associated with the Royal Australian Chemical Institute, the Society of Chemical Industry (Australia Group), the Oxford University Society in Victoria and the Victorian Baptist Historical Society, and in earlier years was an association football (Soccer) referee, including appointments to a couple of international matches. 'Thwaites, Richard', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Thwaites, Richard Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation