Person
Knox, Edward (1819 - 1901)
- Born
- 6 June 1819
Helsingör, Denmark - Died
- 7 January 1901
Darling Point, New South Wales, Australia - Occupation
- Sugar pioneer and Bank Manager
Summary
Sir Edward Knox was a director of the Commercial Banking Company of Sydney 1845-1901 and manager 1847-1851. He was manager of the Australasian Sugar Company 1843-1854 and in 1855 founded the Colonial Sugar Refining Company, of which he was the first chairman of directors, holding the post until 1901.
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Published resources
Book Sections
- Lowndes, A.G., 'Knox, Sir Edward (1819-1901), sugar-refiner and banker' in Australian Dictionary of Biography, Douglas Pike, ed., vol. 5 (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1974), pp. 38-39. http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A050046b.htm. Details
Resources
- Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q21664633. Details
- 'Knox, Edward (18190606-19010107)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1476887. Details
See also
- Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering, Technology in Australia 1788-1988, Online edn, Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre, Melbourne, 3 May 2000, http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/tia/index_k.html. Details
- Fowler, Robert, 'Chapter 9: Chemical engineering' in Sydney: from settlement to city: an engineering history of Sydney, Don Fraser, ed. (Crows Nest, New South Wales: Engineers Australia, 1989), pp. 185-200. Details
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Created: 25 May 2001, Last modified: 2 March 2018
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