David Rivett
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George Julius, David Rivett and Arnold Richardson
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| Born | Albert Cherbury David Rivett 4 December 1885 |
| Died | 1 April 1961 (aged 75) |
| Institutions | University of Oxford |
| Alma mater | University of Melbourne |
| Notable awards |
Rhodes Scholarship Fellow of the Royal Society (1941) |
Sir Albert Cherbury David Rivett, KCMG (4 December 1885 – 1 April 1961) was an Australian chemist and science administrator.
Rivett was born at Port Esperance, Tasmania, Australia. He studied at Wesley College, Melbourne and the University of Melbourne, where he was a member of Queen's College, Melbourne, obtaining a Bachelor of Science degree in 1906 and a Doctor of Science degree in 1913. He was a Rhodes Scholar at Lincoln College, Oxford, where he did research under the supervision of Nevil Sidgwick in the laboratories of Magdalen College, Oxford. He was awarded a Bachelor of Arts degree with First Class Honours in 1909, and a Bachelor of Science degree with First Class Honours in 1910.
In 1910 Rivett spent six months at the Nobel Institute of Physical Chemistry at working with the Director, Svante Arrhenius. In 1911 he returned to Australia as Lecturer in Chemistry at the University of Melbourne. On 11 November 1911 he married Stella Deakin, daughter of Alfred Deakin, a former Prime Minister of Australia. Stella, a research chemist, had first met David when both were students at the University of Melbourne.
In 1914 he was organizing secretary of the 84th meeting of the British Association for the Advancement of Science, with the committee chaired by David Orme Masson. This was the first time the meeting had been held outside the United Kingdom. Rivett left extensive archives of this meeting.
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