Person
Pridham, John Theodore (1879 - 1954)
- Born
- 7 November 1879
Stanmore, New South Wales, Australia - Died
- 24 May 1954
Croydon, New South Wales, Australia - Occupation
- Agricultural scientist and Wheat propagator
Summary
John Pridham developed many new varieties of wheat and oats. He began his career as an assistant to William Farrer.
Details
Born 7 November 1879. Died 24 May 1954. Educated Hawkesbury Agricultural College. Experimentalist, Department of Agriculture 1901-04, assisting William Farrer in his wheat-improvement programme, experimentalist, Bathurst Experiment Farm 1904-06, assistant manager, Cowra Experiment Farm 1906-08, Victorian Department of Agriculture 1908-11, plant-breeder, Cowra Experiment Farm 1911-44. Farrer Memorial Medal 1944.
Chronology
- 1944
- Award - Farrer Memorial Medal, Farrer Memorial Trust
Related entries
Published resources
Book Sections
- Fitzsimmons, R. W., 'Pridham, John Theodore (1879-1954), Plant-Breeder' in Australian Dictionary of Biography, Geoffrey Serle, ed., vol. 11 (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1988), pp. 293-294. http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A110300b.htm. Details
Resources
- Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q21535794. Details
- 'Pridham, John Theodore (1879-1954)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1467460. Details
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Created: 30 June 1997, Last modified: 19 December 2023