Biographical entry Avery, David (1871 - 1956)

Born: 22 February 1871
Bungaree, Victoria, Australia
Died: 27 October 1956
Greenacres, at Harkaway, Berwick, Victoria, Australia
Occupation: Chemical consultant
Summary: BSc (Hons), MSc.
University of Melbourne, Wyselaskie scholarship in Natural Science (Chemistry) 1890
University of Melbourne, Kernot Research Scholarship for Chemistry 1892
Queens College, Tutor in Chemistry (and Chemistry and Biology) from c.1895 to c.1897 and Fellow from c.1895 to c.1912
Ormond College, Tutor in Chemistry c.1896
University of Melbourne, Melbourne University Chemical Society 1904
Queens College, President of the Wyverns' Club 1913

c. 1876 - c. 1887: Education - Mount Pleasant State School, the Ballarat School of Mines and Grenville College
1889: Queens College - Resident
1890: University of Melbourne - Wyselaskie scholarship in Natural Science
1892: University of Melbourne - Kernot Research Scholarship for Chemistry
c. 1895 - c. 1897: Queens College - Tutor in Chemistry (and Chemistry and Biology)
c. 1895 - c. 1912: Queens College - Fellow
c. 1896: Ormond College - Tutor in Chemistry
1897: Life Event - Marriage to Gertrude Elizabeth Hall
1899 - 1911: Occupation - head of the chemistry department at the Working Men's College
1913: Queens College - President of the Wyverns' Club
1915: Occupation - Avery & Anderson

Ormond College (1881 - )
Date: c. 1896
Queens College (1887 - )
Tutor in Chemistry (and Chemistry and Biology) from c.1895 to c.1897 and Fellow from c.1895 to c.1912. President of the Wyverns' Club 1913

Date: 1889 - c. 1913

Radford, Joan T., Avery, David (1871-1956), Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre for Biography, Australian National University, 1979, http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/avery-david-5085. Details

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