David Rivett

Sir Albert Cherbury David Rivett, KCMG was an Australian chemist and science administrator.

Rivett was born at Port Esperance, Tasmania, Australia. He studied at Wesley College, Melbourne and the University of Melbourne, where he was a member of Queens College, Melbourne, obtaining a Bachelor of Science degree in 1906 and a Doctor of Science degree in 1913. He was a Rhodes Scholar at Lincoln College, Oxford, where he did research under the supervision of Nevil Sidgwick in the laboratories of Magdalen College, Oxford. He was awarded a Bachelor of Arts degree with First Class Honours in 1909, and a Bachelor of Science degree with First Class Honours in 1910.

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