Bertram Steele
Bertram Dillon Steele | |
|---|---|
Steele in 1911 | |
| Born | 30 May 1870 Plymouth, Devon, England |
| Died | 12 April 1934 (aged 63) |
| Alma mater | Victorian College of Pharmacy, University of Melbourne, |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Chemist |
Bertram Dillon Steele FRS[1] (30 May 1870 – 12 April 1934) was an Australian scientist, foundation professor of chemistry at the University of Queensland.[2][3][4]
Steele was born in Plymouth, England, to Samuel Madden Steele, a surgeon, and his wife Hariette Sarah, née Acock.[2] Steele was educated at the Plymouth Grammar School; he then began an apprenticeship with his father. Steele migrated to Australia in 1889. He studied as apharmaceutical chemist at the Victorian College of Pharmacy where he won a gold medal in 1890.[5] He then practised as a pharmacist.
A major building fronting the Great Court of the University of Queensland is named for him. An annual lecture is given in his name at the university, since 1982.[6]
References
- ^ m., D. O. (1934). "Bertram Dillon Steele. 1870-1934". Obituary Notices of Fellows of the Royal Society. 1 (3): 345–348. doi:10.1098/rsbm.1934.0018.
- ^ a b Chiswell, Barry (1990). "Steele, Bertram Dillon (1870–1934)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Vol. 12. National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. pp. 60–61. ISBN 978-0-522-84459-7. ISSN 1833-7538. OCLC 70677943. Retrieved 7 March 2010.
- ^ R. Whytlaw Gray and William Ramsay (26 January 1911). "The Density of Niton ("Radium Emanation") and the Disintegration Theory". Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series A, Containing Papers of a Mathematical and Physical Character. 84 (573). The Royal Society: 536–550. JSTOR 93258.
- ^ "Library and Archive Catalogue". Royal Society. Archived from the original on 11 April 2020. Retrieved 21 October 2010.
- ^ Vivant Professores Distinguished Members of the University of Queensland, 1910-1940. Fryer Memorial Library. 1987. p. 150. ISBN 0-908471-09-2.
- ^ "Bertram Dillon Steele Lecture - School of Chemistry & Molecular Biosciences - The University of Queensland, Australia". www.scmb.uq.edu.au. Archived from the original on 14 September 2016. Retrieved 20 July 2016.
- Serle, Percival (1949). "Steele, Bertram". Dictionary of Australian Biography. Sydney: Angus & Robertson. Retrieved 8 March 2010.
Further reading
Hardman-Knight, A; University of Queensland (1935), A tribute to a great scientist : Bertram Dillon Steele foundation professor of chemistry in the University of Queensland, s.n, retrieved 23 July 2014 – available online
External links
Media related to Bertram Dillon Steele at Wikimedia Commons