Person
Bottomley, Robert Alwyn (1912 - 2004)
- Born
- 26 March 1912
- Died
- 2 September 2004
Port Macquarie, New South Wales, Australia - Occupation
- Chemist and Food scientist
Summary
Robert Bottomley was Vice-President of Research for Mauri Bros. & Thomson Ltd. Sydney 1954-1969 and then Assistant General Manager 1970-1973. He was earlier Assistant Professor of Agricultural Biochemistry at the University of Minnesota 1947-1948. Bottomley was educated at the Royal Melbourne Technical College (Dip Civil Eng), University of Melbourne (MSc) and University of Minnesota, USA (PhD). He was a foundation member of the Australian Industrial Research Group.
Details
Chronology
- 1943
- Award - Grimwade Prize
- 1947 - 1948
- Career position - Research Fellow, University of Minnesota, USA
- 1949
- Career position - Assistant Professor of Agricultural Biochemistry, University of Minnesota
- 1954 - 1969
- Career position - Vice-President, Research of Muari Brothers and Thomson Ltd in Sydney
- 1958
- Award - Institute of Food Technologists of Australia Award
- 1970 - 1973
- Career position - Assistant General Manager of Muari Brothers and Thomson Ltd
Archival resources
Goodman Fielder Wattie
- Robert Alwyn Bottomley - Records, 1912 - 1980; Goodman Fielder Wattie. Details
Published resources
Books
- Jones, W. Lewis, Where Have all the Flour Mills Gone? A History of W.S. Kimpton and Sons - Flour Millers (Melbourne: The Flourmillers' Council of Victoria, 1984), 221 pp. Details
Newspaper Articles
- Bottomley, David T, 'Adding nutrition to a variety of food his forte', The Age (2005), 9. Details
Resources
- 'Bottomley, Robert Alwyn (1912-2004)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1476099. 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_b.html. Details
McCarthy, G.J.
Created: 20 October 1993, Last modified: 26 February 2018
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