1894, Born 12 December St. Helens, England

- St. Helens Technical School

1913 - 1916, Manchester University, Bachelor of Science, 1st. Class Honors in metallurgy

1916 - 1919, Sir W. G. Armstrong Whitworth & Co. Openshaw (Chief Research Assistant)

1917, Manchester University, Master of Science

1919 - 1924, Sam Fox & Co. Ltd. (Chief, Research Department)

1922, Manchester University, Doctor of Science

1924 - 1945, University of Melbourne (first Professor of Metallurgy)

1925 - 1926, Committee on Gas Cylinders (Chairman)

1930, Melbourne University Metallurgical Society (Founder - this society was the fore-runner of the Australasian Institute of Metals)

1932, University of Melbourne, Master of Metallurgical Engineering

1934, married Winifred Borrie

1935, Victorian Sub-Committee on Gold Investigations (Chairman)

1936, Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy (President)

1940 - 1944, War Work, University of Melbourne seconded to the Ministry of Munitions (manufacture of tungston rod and wire for radio valves)

1946 - 1959, University of Melbourne (Research Professor of Metallurgy)

1958, Australian Institute of Metals (Silver Medal)

1960 - 1964, University of Melbourne (first dean of the Faculty of Applied Science and personal chair)

1961, Australian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy (Medallist)

1962 - 1963, Royal Commission of Enquiry into the failure of the King's Bridge, Melbourne (Commissioner)

1965, University of Melbourne (Emeritus Professor)

1974, Monash University, Doctor of Engineering, 'Honoris causa'

1979, The Institution of Metallurgists (Honorary Fellow)

1981, Died 30 August, Australia