1. David Rivett 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.
10 Facts About David Rivett
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David Rivett 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.
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David Rivett 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.
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In 1910 David Rivett spent six months at the Nobel Institute of Physical Chemistry at Stockholm working with the Director, Svante Arrhenius.
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David Rivett was away from Australia during World War I from 1915 to 1919.
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David Rivett became Associate Professor at the University of Melbourne in 1921 and succeeded Professor David Orme Masson, with whom he had previously worked, as Professor of Chemistry in 1924.
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David Rivett was Deputy chairman and chief executive officer, 'Council for Scientific and Industrial Research' from 1927 to 1946 and Chairman of the Council of the renamed Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation from 1946 to 1949.
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David Rivett became a Fellow of the Royal Society of London in 1941 and was a Foundation fellow of the Australian Academy of Science in 1954.
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David Rivett served as president of the Australian and New Zealand Association for the Advancement of Science from 1937 to 1939.
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The Australian Capital Territory suburb of David Rivett is named after him.