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Barton, Robert (1839 - 1930)FCS |
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| Born: 1839 London, United Kingdom. Died: 1930 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. | |
| Robert Barton was Deputy Master of Royal Mint’s Melbourne branch from 1895. He joined the Mint when it first opened in 1869 as one of only two assayers and helped refine and speed up the process of assaying precious metals. It is thought that before joining the Mint he worked as an assayer for the Bank of England. Barton was a Fellow of the Chemical Society and a member of the Royal Society of Victoria from 1872. |
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