Person

North, David Shepherd

Occupation: Plant pathologist

Summary

David North worked for the Colonial Sugar Refining Company 1900-1942.

Related Corporate Bodies

Colonial Sugar Refining Company (1855 - 1974)
David North worked for the Colonial Sugar Refining Company 1900-1942.

Date: 1900 - 1942

Archival resources

Adolph Basser Library, Australian Academy of Science

David Shepherd North - Records, 1902 - 1973, MS 115; Adolph Basser Library, Australian Academy of Science. Details

Published resources

Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Exhibitions

Smith, Ailie, Adolph Basser Library Manuscript Collection, eScholarship Research Centre, Melbourne, 2012, https://www.eoas.info/exhibitions/basser/basser_browse.html. Details

Journal Articles

Griggs, Peter, 'Defeating Cane Diseases: Plant Pathologists and the Development of Disease Control Strategies in the Australian Sugar Cane Industry, 1920-1950', Historical Records of Australian Science, 18 (1) (2007), 43-73, https://doi.org/10.1071/HR06008. Details

Resources

'North, David Shepherd', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1476223. Details

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