About Bertram Steele
Lived 1870 – 1934 (aged 63). Bertram Steele was an Australian scientist.
Bertram Dillon Steele FRS (30 May 1870 – 12 April 1934) was an Australian scientist, foundation professor of chemistry at the University of Queensland.
Steele was born in Plymouth, England, to Samuel Madden Steele, a surgeon, and his wife Hariette Sarah, née Acock. He then practised as a pharmacist.thumb Prof Steele, later in lifeA 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.
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Australian scientist
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Bertram Steele was born on 30 May 1870 in Plymouth.
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Bertram Steele died on 12 April 1934.
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Bertram Steele was a scientist.
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Bertram Steele was Australian.
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