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Lightfoot, Gerald (1877 - 1966)

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Public servant and Science administrator

Born: 3 May 1877 Walker, Northumberland, England. Died: 1 June 1966 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

Gerald Lightfoot was Secretary of the CSIR (Council for Scientific and Industrial Research) from 1926 to 1944. He also established their first scientific bibliographic reference service and was the founding editor of the Journal of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research. Prior to this, Lightfoot had worked with the Commonwealth Bureau of Census and Statistics, the Advisory Council of Science and Industry and was Chief Executive Officer of the Institute of Science and Industry. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Statistical Society (FRSS) in 1915.

Career Highlights

Chronology
1898 Bachelor of Arts (BA) completed at the University of Cambridge, UK
1902 - 1906 Called to the Bar of the Middle Temple, UK
1906 Migrated to Australia (Melbourne?)
1907 - 1916 Draftsman and Computer with the Commonwealth Bureau of Census and Statistics
1912 Master of Arts (MA) completed at the University of Cambridge, UK
1914 - 1916 Lecturer in Economics and Industrial Law at the University of Melbourne
1915 - Fellow of the Royal Statistical Society (FRSS)
1916 Overseas trip with the Advisory Council of Science and Industry, USA and UK
1916 - c. 1919 Secretary to the executive committee of the Advisory Council of Science and Industry
1920 - Member of the Commonwealth Prickly Pear Board
c. 1921 - c. 1926 Chief Executive Officer of the Institute of Science and Industry
1926 - 1944 Secretary of CSIR (Council for Scientific and Industrial Research)
1927 - 1930 Founding Editor of Journal of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research
1929 Visits to North America, Britain and Europe for CSIR
1937 Visits to North America, Britain and Europe for CSIR
c. 1942 - 1947 Retired, but kept on as a consultant to CSIR

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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=P001256. [ Details ]

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Prepared by: McCarthy, G.J.
Created: 20 October 1993
Modified: 19 July 2005

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