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Phillips, Leslie William (1893 - 1949)

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Chemist
Born: 15 April 1893  Tungamah, Victoria, Australia.  Died: 10 May 1949  Mount Lawley, Western Australia, Australia.
Leslie William Phillips was Superintendent of Technical Education in Western Australia from 1941 until ill health forced him to retire in 1948. After holding teaching positions in his home State of Victoria, Phillips took up a post as Assistant Lecturer in Chemistry at Perth Technical School (1920). There he received a grant from the Australian Science and Industrial Endowment Fund to investigate toxic principles in common poison plants. Nine years later he was appointed Assistant Superintendent of Technical Education.

Career Highlights

Chronology
1915 - 1918War service with the Australian Imperial Force in the medical units in England and with the 2nd Field Ambulance in France (1918)
1919Teacher at Hamilton High School then Footscray Technical School in Victoria
1919Bachelor of Science (BSc) completed at the University of Melbourne
1920Diploma in Education (DipEd) completed at the University of Melbourne
1920 - c. 1929Assistant Lecturer in Chemistry at Perth Technical School
1923Master of Science (MSc) completed at the University of Melbourne
1929 - 1940Assistant Superintendent of Technical Education in Western Australia
1931 - 1932President of the Royal Society of Western Australia
1935Carnegie Foundation Fellow at the Institute of Education, University of London
1938Master of Education completed at the University of Melbourne
1941 - 1948Superintendent of Technical Education in Western Australia
1943President of the (Royal) Australian Chemical Institute

 

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