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Laughton, Reginald Alfred Lampier (1886 - 1954)
 
Metallurgist and Science educator
Born: 29 July 1886  Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.  Died: 14 January 1954.
Reginald Alfred L. Laughton worked at the South Australian School of Mines for 40 years, as Assistant Metallurgist (1911-25) and as Head of the Industrial Chemistry Department (1925-51). He was also a foundation member of the Chemical Society of South Australia and the Australian Chemical Institute.
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1907Associateship in Metallurgy completed at the South Australian School of Mines
c. 1908 - c. 1910Worked at Port Pirie Smelters, Perseverance Mine in Kalgoorlie, Western Australia
1911 - 1915Assistant Metallurgist at the South Australian School of Mines
1925 - 1951Head of the Industrial Chemistry Department at the South Australian School of Mines
c. 1941 - c. 1946Leave of absence during World War I to assist in the training of volunteers

 
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Created: 30 June 1997
Modified: 18 December 2006
Published by The University of Melbourne eScholarship Research Centre on ASAPWeb, 1994 - 2007
Originally published 1994-1999 by Australian Science Archives Project, 1999-2006 by the Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre
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