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Gentles, William Cockburn (c. 1876 - 1954)
 
Industrial chemist
Born: c. 1876  Australia.  Died: 21 July 1954  New Plymouth, New Zealand.
William Cockburn Gentles worked as a chemist in Australia and New Zealand. For fifteen years he was head of the Wallaroo works laboratory in South Australia and taught at the local School of Mines (1907-1922). Gentles left Wallaroo in 1922 for a two year stint as manger of Upton & Co., Ltd in New South Wales. He then moved to New Zealand to take up a post at Farmers’ Fertilizers Ltd, where he remained until he retired. William Gentles was a foundation Associate of the Royal Chemical Institute.
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1903Honours certificate completed at Sydney Technical College
1907 - 1921Teacher in Chemistry at the School of Mines in Moonta
1907 - 1922Chemist-in-charge at the Wallaroo Works Laboratory of thr Wallaroo and Moonta Mining & Smelting Co. Ltd., South Australia
1921 - 1922Registrar of the School of Mines in Moonta
1922 - 1924Manager of the Upton & Co., Ltd. in Alexandria, New South Wales
1924 - Consulting and Manufacturing Chemist to the Farmers' Fertilizers Ltd.in New Plymouth, New Zealand

 
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