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Name	Isaac Herbert Boas
Born	20 October, 1878 Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Died	16 October, 1955 (aged 76) Hawthorn, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Religious Influence	Jewish Includes the religion in which subjects were raised, have chosen themselves, attendance at religious schools and/or religious funeral rites; Atheism and Agnosticism have been included.
Related Entries	[View as tree] Boas, Abraham Tobias (father) Boas, Harold (brother)
Occupation or Descriptor *	academic (1901-1903) South Australia, Australia technical/TAFE college teacher (1903-1906) Queensland, Australia technical/TAFE college teacher (1906-1919) Western Australia, Australia chemist (1919-1921) Western Australia, Australia chemist (1921-1928) Victoria, Australia Jewish community leader (1921-1955) Victoria, Australia chemist (1928-1945) Federal, Australia chemist (1945-1955) Victoria, Australia

* Dates are approximate