Bertram Steele
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Bertram Dillon Steele FRS[1] (30 May 1870 – 12 April 1934) was an Australian scientist, foundation professor of chemistry at the University of Queensland.[2][3][4]
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Bertram Dillon Steele | |
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Steele in 1911 | |
| Born | 30 May 1870 Plymouth, Devon, England |
| Died | 12 April 1934 (aged 63) |
| Alma mater | Victorian College of Pharmacy, University of Melbourne, |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Chemist |
Steele was born in Plymouth, England, to Samuel Madden Steele, a surgeon, and his wife Hariette Sarah, née Acock.[2] Steele was educated at the Plymouth Grammar School; he then began an apprenticeship with his father. Steele migrated to Australia in 1889. He studied as a pharmaceutical chemist at the Victorian College of Pharmacy where he won a gold medal in 1890.[5] He then practised as a pharmacist.
A major building fronting the Great Court of the University of Queensland is named for him. An annual lecture is given in his name at the university, since 1982.[6]
