Person Steele; Bertram Dillon (1870 - 1934) Steele Bertram Dillon 1870 - 1934 Male Plymouth, Devon, England 30 May 1870 Brisbane, Australia 12/04/1934 19340412

Pharmaceutical chemist Education: University of Melbourne. BSc; DSc Career: The family moved to Victoria, Australia (1889); Chemistry tutor at colleges affiliated to University of Melbourne (from 1896); Acting Professor of Chemistry, University of Adelaide; Research Scholar (1909) in London, Breslau, McGill University, Montreal, and Heriot Watt College, Edinburgh; Senior Lecturer in Chemistry, University of Melbourne (1906); constructed a micro-balance sensitive enough to estimate radium emanation; Professor of Chemistry, University of Queensland (1910); war work included development of a new gas mask, British Ministry of Munitions (1915-1919); resigned his chair on health grounds (1931) Married Amy Woodhead of Melbourne Fellow 15/05/1919 Sources: Bulloch's Roll; AE Obituaries: Obituary Notices of Fellows of the Royal Society 1932-1935 vol l pp 345-348, plate, by Sir David Orme Masson References: R W Home, 'The Royal Society and the Empire: the colonial and Commonwealth Fellowship. Part 2. After 1847' in NR 2003 vol 57 pp 47-84 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 30 May 1870 - 12 Apr 1934 NA5954 21/11/2001 Andyg Martind 28/03/2023 RS_NET\JonathanB Yes dfcec49f-6c9b-4f9e-973d-a15928fd26d4