Archibald Liversidge
Archibald Liversidge (born November 17, 1847 in Turnham Green , London , † September 26, 1927 in London) was a British-Australian chemist and mineralogist.
Liversidge studied chemistry, mineralogy and metallurgy at the Royal College of Chemistry and the Royal School of Mines in London from 1866 and won several awards as a student (such as a Royal Exhibition Scholarship). He became an associate of the School of Mines, taught chemistry as an instructor at the Royal College of Naval Architecture and won a scholarship to Cambridge University (Christ's College) in 1870, where he became a demonstrator in the university's chemistry laboratory in 1871 and earned his master's degree. In 1872 he became a reader in geology at the University of Sydney and moved to Australia. In 1874 he became professor of geology and mineralogy and in 1881 for chemistry and mineralogy, which was changed to a professorship for chemistry in 1891. From its founding in 1882 to 1904 was the Dean of the Faculty of Science (Faculty of Science) and in 1892 he founded the School of Mines at the University of Sydney. He built up the chemistry faculty and allowed women to study, which was rare at the time. In 1907 he retired and moved back to England in 1909. There he was from 1909 to 192 vice president of the Society of Chemical Industry (whose branch in Sydney he had founded in 1902 and whose chairman he was from 1903 to 1905) and from 1910 to 1913 vice president of the Chemical Society . He lived in London and was unmarried all his life.
Archibald Liversidge was a Fellow of the Royal Society (1882). He became a member of the Leopoldina on October 27, 1894 . He was the founder of the Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science and was its honorary secretary for a long time and its president in 1898. He was several times President of the Royal Society of New South Wales , which he reformed significantly. He was an Honorary Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh and an Honorary Doctorate from the University of Glasgow . He was a trustee of the Australian Museum in Sydney and he was instrumental in founding the Technical Museum in Sydney, for which he visited technical and natural science museums in Europe in 1878. He strove not only to raise university education in the natural sciences in Sydney, but also to raise school teaching.
He was one of the first to detect gold and platinum in meteorite dust. More than 100 scientific publications come from him.
The Faraday Society of the Royal Society of Chemistry named their Liversidge Award after him. It is awarded for achievements in physical chemistry.
Fonts
- The Minerals of New South Wales, Sydney: T. Richards 1876, 3rd edition 1888, Archives
- Tables for quantitative chemical analysis, arranged for the use of students, 2nd edition 1903
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Member entry of Archibald Liversidge at the German Academy of Natural Scientists Leopoldina , accessed on March 21, 2017.
- ^ Liversidge Award , with a biography of Liversidge
- ^ First published in 1874 in the Transactions of the Royal society of New South Wales
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Liversidge, Archibald |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British-Australian chemist and mineralogist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 17, 1847 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Turnham Green |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 26, 1927 |
| Place of death | London |