Bertram Steele

Bertram Dillon Steele FRS was an Australian scientist, foundation professor of chemistry at the University of Queensland.
Steele was born in Plymouth, England, to Samuel Madden Steele, a surgeon, and his wife Hariette Sarah, née Acock. Steele was educated at the Plymouth [Grammar School]; he then began an apprenticeship with his father. Steele migrated to Australia in 1889. He studied as apharmaceutical chemist at the Victorian [College of Pharmacy] where he won a gold medal in 1890. He then practised as a pharmacist.A major building fronting the Great [Court, University of Queensland|Great Court] of the University of Queensland is named for him. An annual lecture is given in his name at the university, since 1982.