Person
Potts, Henry William (1855 - 1931)
- Born
- 12 September 1855
Broomhaugh, Northumberland, England - Died
- 10 February 1931
Innisfail, Queensland, Australia - Occupation
- Agriculturalist and Pharmacist
Summary
Henry Potts was Principal of the Hawkesbury Agricultural College, New South Wales 1902-1921 and wrote a major work on pigs. Earlier he had worked as a pharmacist in Queensland and Victoria where he was also registered as a dentist.
Details
Chronology
- 1902 - 1921
- Career position - Principal, Hawkesbury Agricultural College
- 1909
- Career position - President, Section G2 (Agriculture), Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science
Related entries
Archival resources
Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales
- Henry William Potts - Records, 1882 - 1967, ML MSS 2697; Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales. Details
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
- Holland, H. G.; Rose, B. R., 'Potts, Henry William (1855-1931), Agricultural Educationist, Pharmacist and Dentist' in Australian dictionary of biography, volume 11: 1891 - 1939 Nes-Smi, Geoffrey Serle, ed. (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1988), pp. 266-267. http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A110273b.htm. Details
Journal Articles
- Potts, H.W., 'Milk Analysis in its Relation to the Butter and Cheese Industries', Report of the seventh meeting of the Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science, 7 (1898), 921, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15378927. Details
Resources
- Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q21539016. Details
- 'Potts, H W (1855-1931)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1124642. 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_p.html. Details
McCarthy, G.J.
Created: 20 October 1993, Last modified: 26 February 2018
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