PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATION

"The Academy was founded in 1954 by Australian Fellows of the Royal Society of London with the distinguished physicist Sir Mark Oliphant as founding President. It was granted a Royal Charter establishing the Academy as an independent body but with government endorsement... The Academy's Constitution was modelled on that of the Royal Society of London. It receives government grants towards its activities but has no statutory obligation to government."

Official Website:
http://www.science.org.au/

Location:
Canberra, Australia

Founding Date:
12-Feb-1954

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
John G. Bolton	Astronomer	5-Jun-1922	6-Jul-1993	First Director of Parkes Observatory
Nugget Coombs	Economist	24-Feb-1906	29-Oct-1997	Banker, proponent of aboriginal rights
John Cornforth	Chemist	7-Sep-1917	8-Dec-2013	Stereochemistry of enzyme-catalysts
Mark Oliphant	Physicist	8-Oct-1901	14-Jul-2000	Deuterium reactions
Brian P. Schmidt	Astronomer	24-Feb-1967		Accelerating universe
Henry Taube	Chemist	30-Nov-1915	16-Nov-2005	Mechanisms of electron transfer

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