Title Archibald Liversidge, FRS imperial science under the Southern Cross / Roy MacLeod

Published Sydney : Royal Society of New South Wales : Sydney University Press, ©2009

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Description 1 online resource Contents Intro -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 -- Science in the City: Family and Youth in Victorian London -- Chapter 2 -- Education for Empire: The Royal School of Mines and the Royal College of Chemistry -- Chapter 3 -- College Life and Chemistry -- Chapter 4 -- 'Scientific Sydney' in the 1870s -- Chapter 5 -- The Perils of Public Science -- Chapter 6 -- Colonial Science: At Home and Away -- Chapter 7 -- The Politics of Practical Men -- Chapter 8 -- Dean and Doctor -- Chapter 9 -- Science and Solidarity Chapter 10 -- Depression and Optimism -- Chapter 11 -- Statesman of Science -- Chapter 12 -- Downhill All the Way: Reflection and Retirement -- Chapter 13 -- Returning Home: Efficiency and Sociability -- Chapter 14 -- Gentlemen to Arms -- Chapter 15 -- Last Rites -- Conclusion -- Measures and Meanings -- APPENDIX I -- APPENDIX II -- APPENDIX III -- APPENDIX IV -- APPENDIX V -- APPENDIX VI -- Notes -- Bibliography -- General Bibliography -- Picture Credits -- Index Summary When Archibald Liversidge first arrived at Sydney University in 1872 as reader in geology and assistant in the laboratory he had about ten students and two rooms in the main building. In 1874 he became professor of geology and mineralogy and by 1879 he had persuaded the senate to open a faculty of science. He became its first dean in 1882. Liversidge also played a major role in the setting up of the Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science which held its first congress in 1888. For anyone interested in Archibald Liversidge, his contribution to crystallography, mineral chemistry, Subject Liversidge, Archibald, 1847-1927. SUBJECT Liversidge, Archibald, 1847-1927 fast Subject Scientists -- Australia -- Biography Scientists -- England -- Biography Science -- Australia -- History Science -- Study and teaching -- Australia -- History Science -- Study and teaching -- England -- History Science -- Methodology. Science Science -- Methodology Science -- Study and teaching Scientists Australia England Genre/Form Biographies History Form Electronic book ISBN 9781743321324 1743321325

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