Frederic Jevons
Frederic Raphael Jevons | |
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Born | Frederic Raphael Bettelheim 19 September 1929 Vienna, Austria |
Died | 30 September 2012 Melbourne, Australia | (aged 83)
Alma mater | King's College, Cambridge |
Occupation | Biochemistry |
Employer | University of Melbourne |
Known for | Educationalist, first vice-chancellor of Deakin University |
Spouse | Grete ("Dita") Bradel |
Children | two sons |
Parent(s) | Fritz and Hedwig Bettelheim |
Frederic Raphael Jevons
Early life
Born in Austria in 1929, Jevons survived
Jevons matriculated at
Career
Jevons was a Postdoctoral Fellow at the
From 1986 to 1987 Jevons was briefly a distance education consultant in southern Africa, before returning to Australia as Professor of Science and Technology Policy at Murdoch University, 1988–1992. In 1992 he went back to Manchester, as Simon Senior Research Fellow. From 1994 to 1996 he was an Honorary Professorial Fellow at Monash University, then joined the University of Melbourne as an Honorary Professorial Associate in the Department of History and Philosophy of Science.[4]
Other work
- Chairman, General Studies Committee, Schools Council, 1974–1975[4]
- Chairman, Graduate Careers Council of Australia, 1976–1980[4]
- Member, Joint Matriculation Board, Manchester, 1969–1975[4]
- Member of Council, Science Museum of Victoria, 1980–1983[4]
- Member of Council, Museum of Victoria, 1983–1987[4]
- Member of Australian Vice-Chancellors’ Executive Committee, 1981–1982[4]
- Member of Australian Science and Technology Council, 1986–1989[4]
- Interviewer for Civil Service Commission on Final Selection Boards, 1970–75[4]
- Adviser to Leverhulme project on educational objectives in applied science, Strathclyde University, 1972–1975[4]
- Member of Editorial Advisory Board of Studies in Science Education, 1974–1984, and of Scientometrics, 1978 to date, and of Australasian Studies in History and Philosophy of Science, 1980–1986[4]
Selected publications
- The Biochemical Approach to Life, 1964 (and 2nd edition, 1968): translated into Italian, Spanish, Japanese, German
- The Teaching of Science: education, science and society, 1969
- University Perspectives, 1970 (joint ed.)
- Wealth from Knowledge: studies of innovation in industry, 1972
- What Kinds of Graduates do we Need?, 1972 (joint ed.)
- Science Observed: science as a social and intellectual activity, 1973
- Knowledge and Power, 1976
Honours
- Officer of the Order of Australia (AO), 1986[5]
- Hon. DLitt, Deakin University, 1986[4]
- Hon. DSc, Manchester, 1986[4]
- Life Governor, Geelong Hospital, 1986[4]
- Inaugural winner, UNESCO Prize for Science and Technology Policy, 1992[4]
- The Fred Jevons Building on Deakin University's Geelong Campus was named in honour of Jevons
Private life
Jevons got married in 1956 to Grete and they had two sons[4] one of which is Colin Jevons.[6]
References
- ^ "Frederic Jevons". The Age. 3 October 2012. Retrieved 21 December 2018.
- ^ Hay, Roy (13 September 2010). "My Christmas reading". Sports and Editorial Services Australia. Retrieved 21 December 2018.
- ^ Frederic R. Jevons at kingsmembers.org
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r JEVONS, Prof. Frederic Raphael, in Who's Who 2009, A. & C. Black, 2008.
- ^ a b "It's an Honour - Honours - Search Australian Honours". 10 March 2016. Archived from the original on 10 March 2016. Retrieved 22 September 2020.
- ^ Colin Jevons; John Catford (18 October 2012). "Vision set course for Deakin". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 21 December 2018.