Person
Brünnich, Johannes Christian (1861 - 1933)
- Born
- 11 September 1861
Görz, Austria-Hungary - Died
- 3 July 1933
Brisbane, Queensland, Australia - Occupation
- Agricultural chemist
Summary
Johannes Brünnich was government agricultural chemist for the Queensland Department of Agriculture 1897-1931. His "Elementary Lessons on the Chemistry of Farm, Dairy, and Household", first published serially in 1906 in the "Queensland Agricultural Journal", had monograph editions in 1912 and 1922 and was a text in rural colleges for many years.
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Born Görz, Austria-Hungary (now Gorizia, Italy), 11 September 1861. Died Brisbane, 3 July 1933. Educated Federal Polytechnic School, Zurich. Sugar-beet factories in Bohemia and Russia; wholesale drugs firm, Georgia, USSR; Swiss military service 1884; manager, sugar refinery and maltings, Brisbane 1885-86; manager, sugar mill, Darwin 1886-87; chemist and manager, Colonial Sugar Refining Co. Homebush mill near Mackay 1887-97; government agricultural chemist, Queensland Department of Agriculture 1897-1931; lecturer in chemistry, Gatton Agricultural College 1897-99. President, Royal Society of Queensland 1908; examiner in chemistry, Queensland College of Pharmacy and Chemistry.
Published resources
Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Exhibitions
- Collins, David, Chemistry in 19th Australia - Select Bibliography, An exhibition of the Encyclopedia circa 2005 with assistance from Ailie Smith and Gavan McCarthy., eScholarship Research Centre (original publisher), Melbourne, 2009, https://eoas.info/exhibitions/ciab/ciab_ALL.html. Details
Book Sections
- Beckmann, T. J., 'Brünnich, Johannes Christian (1861-1933), agricultural chemist' in Australian dictionary of biography, volume 7: 1891 - 1939 A-Ch, Bede Nairn and Geoffrey Serle, eds (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1979), pp. 463-464. http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A070464b.htm. Details
Resources
- Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q6216598. Details
- VIAF - Virtual International Authority File, OCLC, https://viaf.org/viaf/93638440. Details
- 'Brünnich, J C (1861-1933)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-577664. Details
McCarthy, G.J.
Created: 20 October 1993, Last modified: 13 February 2018
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