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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).

Career Highlights

Chronology
1926 Bachelor of Science (BSc) completed at the University of Tasmania
1927 Electrolytic Zinc Research Scholar
1928 Master of Science (MSc) completed at the University of Tasmania
1928 Research Fellow at the Commonwealth Solar Observatory
1929 - 1948 Lecturer in Chemistry at the University of Sydney
1938 Research Fellow at the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, USA
1941 President of the Royal Society of New South Wales
1945 Doctor of Science (DSc) received from the University of Tasmania
1948 - 1955 Reader in Chemistry at the University of Sydney
1949 H.G. Smith Memorial Medal received from the Royal Australian Chemical Institute
1951 Liversidge Medal received
1955 - 1968 Professor of Inorganic Chemistry at the New South Wales University of Technology / University of New South Wales
1956 - 1968 Head of the School of Chemistry
1968 - 1969 Dean of the Faculty of Science at the University of New South Wales
1969 Dwyer Memorial Medal received
1975 Leighton Memorial Medal received from the Royal Australian Chemical Institute
1977 1^st Kurth Memorial Lecturer at the University of Tasmania

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'Mellor, David Paver', 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/P000633p.htm. [ Details ]

Mellor, D.P., 'Optical Munitions', Chapter 12 in Australia in the War of 1939-1945, Series 4: Civil, volume 5 'The Role of Science and Industry', Canberra: Australian War Memorial, 1958, 1958, http://www.asap.unimelb.edu.au/bsparcs/exhib/papers/mellor.htm. [ Details ]

See Also

Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering, Technology in Australia 1788-1988, Online edn, Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre, Melbourne, 3 May 2000, http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/tia/scripts/tia-dynindex.php3?EID=P000633. [ Details ]

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Prepared by: McCarthy, G.J.
Created: 20 October 1993
Modified: 28 August 2006

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