Person
Elliott, James Frederick (1858 - 1928)
- Born
- 8 November 1858
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia - Died
- 9 September 1928
Point Piper, New South Wales, Australia - Occupation
- Industrial chemist and Chemical engineer
Summary
James Elliott became chairman and managing director of Elliott Bros Ltd, a firm established by his father and uncle in 1873. Earlier he studied chemistry in Germany and London gaining a Ph.D.
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Published resources
Book Sections
- Haines, Gregory, 'Elliott, James Frederick (1858-1928), industrial chemist and businessman' in Australian dictionary of biography, volume 8: 1891 - 1939 Cl-Gib, Bede Nairn and Geoffrey Serle, eds (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1981), p. 431. https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/elliott-james-frederick-6105. Details
Journal Articles
- Bowes, C. R., 'Elliott Brothers Balmain Chemical Works: Early Days from 1865', Chemistry in Australia, 55 (7) (1988), 235-238. Details
Resources
- Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q21539487. Details
- Early Chemists of Sydney, 2006, http://members.optusnet.com.au/jph8524/McKern.htm. Details
- 'Elliott, James Frederick (18581108-19280909)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1464715. Details
See also
- Currie, George; Graham, John, The Origins of CSIRO: Science and the Commonwealth Government, 1901-1926 (Melbourne: CSIRO, 1966), 203 pp, https://doi.org/10.1071/9780643105553. pages 52. Details
McCarthy, G.J.
Created: 20 October 1993, Last modified: 28 February 2018
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