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DR. E. H. RENNIE, whose death in South Australia was recently announced, was for more than forty years professor of chemistry in the University of Adelaide. Born on Aug. 19, 1852, he was the son of E. A. Rennie, Auditor-General of New South Wales, and grandson of James Rennie, who was professor of zoology at King's College, London, 1830-1834. His school days were spent in Sydney, and he graduated at the University of Sydney in 1870. For a few years he taught in the Sydney and Brisbane Grammar Schools, and in 1877 came to London to study chemistry. He obtained his doctor's degree in the University of London in 1881. While in London he was assistant for two years to Dr. C. R. Alder Wright in the Chemical Department of St. Mary's Hospital Medical School, and also taught occasionally in the Royal College of Science. On his return to Australia he found employment in the Government Analyst's Department in Sydney. In 1885 he was appointed Angus professor of chemistry in the University of Adelaide, in which capacity he rendered fine service.
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Prof. E. H. Rennie. Nature 119, 361 (1927). https://doi.org/10.1038/119361a0
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