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Mellor, David Paver (1903 - 1980)

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Inorganic chemist
Born: 19 March 1903  Launceston, Tasmania, Australia.  Died: 9 January 1980  North Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
David Paver Mellor was Professor of Inorganic Chemistry at the University of New South Wales from 1955 to 1969. He is commemorated there by the Mellor Lecture and Medal (for Chemical Education) and the Mellor Lecture Theatre in the School of Chemistry. His research was concerned with the properties and structures of metal complex compounds. He was the author of several books, including The Role of Science and Industry in the Second World War (Civil Series Commonwealth Official War History). Mellor also lectured at the University of Sydney and was Chief Examiner of the New South Wales Leaving Certificate; Chairman of the Syllabus Committee for Leaving Certificate Chemistry; Chairman of the Science Syllabus Committee for the Wyndham Scheme; and Chief Examiner for Science (Higher School Certificate).

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1926Bachelor of Science (BSc) completed at the University of Tasmania
1927Electrolytic Zinc Research Scholar
1928Master of Science (MSc) completed at the University of Tasmania
1928Research Fellow at the Commonwealth Solar Observatory
1929 - 1948Lecturer in Chemistry at the University of Sydney
1938Research Fellow at the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, USA
1941President of the Royal Society of New South Wales
1945Doctor of Science (DSc) received from the University of Tasmania
1948 - 1955Reader in Chemistry at the University of Sydney
1949H.G. Smith Memorial Medal received from the Royal Australian Chemical Institute
1951Liversidge Medal received
1955 - 1968Professor of Inorganic Chemistry at the New South Wales University of Technology / University of New South Wales
1956 - 1968Head of the School of Chemistry
1968 - 1969Dean of the Faculty of Science at the University of New South Wales
1969Dwyer Memorial Medal received
1975Leighton Memorial Medal received from the Royal Australian Chemical Institute
19771st Kurth Memorial Lecturer at the University of Tasmania

 
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