SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY. 
Personal. 
MR. F. LEVERRIER, K.C. 
In this issue is published a photograph of Mr. Frank Leverrier, 
K.C., chairman of the New South Wales Committee of the Institute of 
Science and Industry. Since the inauguration of the movement for 
the formation of a permanent institute, Mr. Leverrier has taken an 
active interest in the work of the temporary organization, and has 
devoted a great deal of his time to the furtherance of its objects. 
Had he not become an eminent lawyer, Mr. Leverrier would in all 
probability have made his mark as a man of science. ‘Two careers were 
open to him at the completion of his University course, for he distin- 
guished himself in both arts and science. He graduated B.A. in 
1884, and B.Sc. in 1885. ~ However, although the law claimed his first 
and most serious consideration, his interest in science was never aban- 
doned. In “ Whose Who in Australia,” Mr. Leverrier’s recreations are 
given as “science and cabinet making.” 
Although born in Sydney, Mr. Leverrier spent most of his youth in 
France. He returned to Sydney at the age of fourteen, and attended 
the Fort-street Public School until entering upon his studies at the 
University. In 1888 he was called to the Bar, and soon rose to a 
prominent place in equity jurisdiction, and became also a recognised 
authority on patent law. He held the Challis Lectureship in Law at 
his Alma Mater from its foundation in 1890 until his election as a 
Fellow of the Senate in 1907, in succession to the late Mr. H. C. 
Russell, who was Government Astronomer of New South Wales. Mr. 
Leverrier still remains a Fellow of the University Senate, having been 
re-elected by the graduates at the 1912 and 1919 elections. In 1914 he 
was elected Vice-Chancellor, and occupied that position until 1917. 
He was appointed a K.C. in 1911. 
Owing to his interest in and wide knowledge of science, Mr. Leverrier 
has gained a peculiar distinction at the New South’ Wales Bar, inas- 
much as very few cases involving any intricate questions of science have 
been fought out in which he has not appeared as counsel on one side or 
the other. When the Electrical Association of Australia commenced 
the investigation of electrical standardization problems, Mr. Leverrier 
was appointed to represent the Institute of Science and Industry on the 
New ‘South Wales section of the committee. He was chosen ag chair- 
man of the section at its first meeting, and has held that position up to 
the present time. 
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