Notable South Australians/Edward H. Rennie, D.Sc.
Edward H. Rennie, D.Sc.,
IS the son of Edward A. Rennie, Esq., Auditor-General of Nqw South Wales. He was born at Balmain, near Sydney, in 1852, and received his early education at the Fort-street Public School and the Sydney Grammar School. He graduated B.A. at Sydney University in 1870, taking the medal for chemistry and experimental physics, and first-class honours in mathematics. He graduated M.A. at Sydney in 1876, taking honours in chemistry and the medal for mathematics. From 1871 to 1875 he lectured on chemistry and experimental physics in the Sydney Grammar School^ and from 1876 to 1877 in the Brisbane Grammar School. In July, 1877, he went to London, and in June, 1882, graduated a D.Sc. at the London University, taking organic chemistry as the principal subject and inorganic chemistry as the subsidiary subject. During 1879 and 1880 Dr. Rennie was Demonstrator of Chemistry in St. Mary's Hospital Medical School, and in 1881 acted as Demonstrator of Chemistry in the Science Schools, South Kensington. In 1882 he acted as assistant to Dr. H. E. Armstrong, F.R.S., at the London Institution. Dr. Rennie is a Fellow of the Chemical Societies of London and Berlin, and of the Institute of Chemistry of Great Britain and Ireland. He received the appointment of Professor of Chemistry at the Adelaide University (the chair of which was endowed by John H. Angas, Esq.) at the end of last year, and arrived in Adelaide, February 2, 1885. For twelve months prior to his arrival Professor Rennie, who acts as Government Analyst, virtually superintended the various duties of the Government Analyst in Sydney.