Person Rivett; Sir; Albert Cherbury David (1885 - 1961) Rivett Albert Cherbury David Sir 1885 - 1961 Australian Male Port Esperance, Tasmania, Australia 04 December 1885 1885 Sydney, Australia 01/04/1961 19610401

Chemistry Scientific administration Education: Wesley College, Melbourne (1899) MA (Oxon); DSC (Melborne) Career: Rhodes Scholar for Victoria (1907); worked at the Nobel Institute, Stockholm; Lecturer in Chemistry (1911), associate Professor (1920) and Professor (1924), all at Melbourne University; Chief Executive and Deputy Chairman (1927), then Chairman (1946), Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR); declined the position of Vice-Chancellor, Melbourne University (1934 and 1938); resigned from CSIR when it became CSIRO, due his opposition of political pressures on researchers (1949) Honours: KCMG 1935 Memberships: Australian Chemical Institute (President 1940-1949); Society of Chemical Industry, London (President) Son of Albert Rivett of Norwich, who migrated to Australia after becoming a Congregational Minister; married (1911) Stella, daughter of Alfred Deakin Fellow 20/03/1941 Sources: Bulloch's Roll; DSB; AE Obituaries: Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society 1966 vol 12 pp 437-455, plate, by H R Marston International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) - Ottawa 1996 ISBN 0-9696035-3-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 4 Dec 1885 - 1 Apr 1961 NA2219 21/11/2001 Andyg Pmab 28/03/2023 RS_NET\JonathanB Yes 8d922239-d9ee-4f40-94c3-76f877253f70