_ SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY. 
Personal. 
PROFESSOR RENNIE, M.A., D.Sc. 
Professor EK. H. Rennie, Angas Professor of Chemistry in the 
University of Adelaide, is chairman of the South Australian Committee 
of the Institute of Science and Industry. He displayed keen ‘interest 
in the movement for the establishment of the Institute, and, notwith- 
standing the exactions of his professorial duties, has devoted a great 
deal of time during his association with the Federal organization to 
the promotion of scientific research. At the present time, he is engaged 
upon the investigation of Xanthorrhwa Resin, more widely known as 
Grass Tree Gum. His labours in the field of organic chemistry have 
earned for him a high reputation, and he has contributed several 
papers to the Journal of the Chemical Society of London, dealing prin- 
cipally with Australian products, such, for instance, as “The Sweet 
Principle of Smilax Glycyphylla,” “The Colouring Matter of Drosena 
Whittakeri,” and “The Colouring Matter of Lomatia Llicifolia.” 
A son of Mr. Edward C. Rennie, late Auditor-General of New South 
Wales, Professor Rennie was born in Sydney. Educated at the Fort- 
street Public School, and the Sydney Grammar School, he proceeded to 
the Sydney University, where, in 1870, he graduated B.A. He obtained 
the degree of M.A. six years later. For a few years, he was a 
master at the Sydney Grammar School; and later Science Master at the 
Brisbane Grammar School. In order to pursue his studies in chemistry, 
he proceeded to London in 1877, and worked at the Royal College of 
Science, South Kensington, under Professor Frankland. Four years 
later, he graduated D.Sc. (London). For a brief period he acted as 
Demonstrator at the Royal College of Science, and later was for two 
years assistant to Dr. ©. R. Alder Wright, at St. Mary’s Hospital. 
He was also associated with Professor H. E. Armstrong, at Finsbury 
Technical College. 
Shortly after his return to Wate in 1882, he accepted the posi- 
tion of Angas Professor of Chemistry at the neers of Adelaide. 
He soon became absorbed in the affairs of the University, and was 
elected to the Council in 1889. Resigning that position in 1898, in 
order to re-visit England, he was re-elected again in 1913, and has 
retained a seat on the Council up to the present time. Last year, Pro- 
fessor Rennie was elected Deputy Vice-Chancellor during the absence 
of the Vice-Chancellor in England. 
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