Smith, John - Bright Sparcs Biographical entry

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Smith, John (1821 - 1885)

Chemist

Born: 12 December 1821 Peterculter, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. Died: 12 October 1885 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

John Smith was the first Professor of Chemistry and Experimental Physics at the University of Sydney 1852-81.

Published Sources

'Smith, John', in Physics in Australia to 1945, R.W. Home, with the assistance of Paula J. Needham, Australian Science Archives Project, June 1995, http://www.asap.unimelb.edu.au/bsparcs/physics/P000787p.htm. [ Details ]

McKern, H. H. G., Early Chemists of Sydney, 2006, http://members.optusnet.com.au/jph8524/McKern.htm. [ Details ]

See Also

Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre, Science and the making of Victoria, with Royal Society of Victoria, 2001, http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/smv/scripts/smv-dynindex.php3?EID=P000787. [ Details ]

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Prepared by: McCarthy, G.J.
Created: 20 October 1993
Modified: 18 October 2006

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