David Paver Mellor (19 March 1903 – 9 January 1980) was an Australian

inorganic chemist An inorganic compound is typically a chemical compound that lacks carbon–hydrogen bonds⁠that is, a compound that is not an organic compound. The study of inorganic compounds is a subfield of chemistry known as ''inorganic chemistry''. Inorgan ...

, and was the Professor of Inorganic Chemistry at the University of New South Wales from 1955 to 1969.

Publications

Mellor, D. P., 'The Development of Coordination Chemistry in Australia', Records of the

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, vol. 3, no. 2, 1976. Mellor, D.P., 'Obituary:

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', Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales, vol. 76, 1942. Mellor, D.P., 'Founders of Australian Chemistry. Archibald Liversidge', The Royal Australian Chemical Institute Proceedings, vol. 24, August 1957, Mellor, D.P., 'H. G. Smith. A Pioneer in Australian Phytochemistry', The Royal Australian Chemical Institute Proceedings, vol. 27, 1960. Mellor, D.P., 'Ronald Sidney Nyholm (1917–1971): Obituary', Search, vol. 3, no. 11/12, 1972.

References

*Livingstone, Stanley E., 'Mellor, David Paver (1903–1980), Professor of Chemistry', in John Ritchie (ed.), Australian Dictionary of Biography, vol. 15,

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, Melbourne, 2000, pp. 347–348. Also available at http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A150409b.htm. *Mellor, D. P., 'Liversidge, Archibald (1846–1927), scientist', in Douglas Pike (ed.), Australian Dictionary of Biography, vol. 5, Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 1974, pp. 93–94. *Mellor, D. P., 'Challinor, Richard Westman (1874–1951), chemist', in Bede Nairn and Geoffrey Serle (eds), Australian Dictionary of Biography, vol. 7, Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 1979, pp. 601–602. *

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Mellor, David Paver 1903 births Australian chemists University of Tasmania alumni 1980 deaths Academic staff of the University of New South Wales People from Launceston, Tasmania