chemistry

William Haworth

William Haworth is a chemistry topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand William Haworth rather than just read about it. In short: Sir William Crawford Haworth (15 April 1905 – 1 December 1984) was an Australian politician. He was a member of the House of Representatives from 1949 to 1969, representing the seat of Isaacs for the Liberal Party.

Key takeaways

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Reference excerpt

Sir William Crawford Haworth (15 April 1905 – 1 December 1984) was an Australian politician. He was a member of the House of Representatives from 1949 to 1969, representing the seat of Isaacs for the Liberal Party. He was also a member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly from 1937 to 1945 and briefly served as a state government minister. He was a pharmaceutical chemist before entering parliament and served with the Australian Army during World War II.

Early life Haworth was born on 15 April 1905 in Hawthorn, Victoria. He attended Essendon High School and was a member of the Mercantile Rowing Club, making the Victorian state team in 1929. Haworth was a pharmaceutical chemist by profession. After serving an apprenticeship with a chemist and druggist in Fitzroy, he took over a shop in Albert Park in 1926. Haworth was active in the Albert Park branches of the Australian Natives' Association and the Young Nationalists. He served on the South Melbourne City Council from 1932 to 1938 and was chairman of the council of the South Melbourne Technical School from 1939 to 1964.

State politics Haworth was elected to the Victorian Legislative Assembly at the 1937 state election, representing the seat of Albert Park for the United Australia Party (UAP). He joined the new Liberal Party upon its creation in 1945. Haworth was interested in housing policy, publishing a proposal for slum clearances. In 1938 he moved a no-confidence motion against Albert Dunstan's Country Party over its record on youth unemployment. Haworth was appointed minister for health and minister for housing in Ian Macfarlan's caretaker ministry in October 1945. He was defeated the following month at the 1945 state election.

Military service While still serving as an MP, Haworth enlisted in the Citizen Military Force upon the outbreak of the Second World War and transferred to the Australian Imperial Force in July 1940 with the rank of captain. He served with the 2/23rd Battalion in the North African campaign, including at Tobruk and El Alamein. He was discharged in January 1944.

Federal politics At the 1949 federal election, Haworth was elected to the newly created seat of Isaacs for the Liberal Party. He was re-elected on seven subsequent elections, retiring at the 1969 election after his seat was abolished in a redistribution. Haworth served on the Joint Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs from 1959 to 1966. In 1962 he moved a successful motion that antisemitism in the Soviet Union be raised by Australia's delegation to the United Nations, which was used by the Liberal Party as a wedge issue when it was opposed by Jewish senator Sam Cohen of the Australian Labor Party. Haworth was a supporter of Melbourne's Jewish organisations and his knighthood in 1969 was said by the Australian Jewish News to have "met with a great deal of satisfaction in the Jewish community". Haworth was an unsuccessful candidate to replace John McLeay as speaker of the House of Representatives in 1967. He had previously served as acting speaker on a number of occasions.

Personal life Haworth died in Melbourne on 1 December 1984, aged 79.

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Example 1 — a first encounter with William Haworth

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what William Haworth claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In chemistry, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to William Haworth before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about William Haworth ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of William Haworth

In research: William Haworth appears in chemistry research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses William Haworth in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: William Haworth is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 1905 births, 1984 deaths, 20th-century Australian chemists, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for William Haworth outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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How to study William Haworth in 20 minutes

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Frequently asked questions

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Why does William Haworth matter?

Because it connects several chemistry ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

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Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

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