Salient: Victoria University Students' Paper. Vol. 25. No. 12. 1962

Professor Takes Up New Chair

Professor Takes Up New Chair

Professor J. F. Duncan has taken up the new chair of inorganic and theoretical chemistry. Prof. Duncan is a pioneer in British atomic energy research. He is one of the few scientists who has worked in four Commonwealth countries—Britain, New Zealand, Canada and Australia.

Born in Liverpool, Prof. Duncan gained a Ph.D. at Oxford. He has worked on ion exchange at Harwell and radio chemistry at Melbourne University.

He is accompanied by a wife and two children.