Person
Elford, Harold Stewart (1902 - 1956)
- Born
- 31 August 1902
Moonta Mines, South Australia, Australia - Died
- 15 May 1956
- Occupation
- Chemical engineer
Summary
Harold Elford was director of Tait Publishing Company 1933-1952, rising to managing director of both that company and the Tait Book Company in 1952.
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Born 31 August 1902. Died 15 May 1956. Educated University of Adelaide (BE 1925). Research Officer, Electrolytic Zinc Company, Tasmania 1925-28, chief technical officer, Commonwealth Development & Migration Commission 1928-30, Chemical engineer, ICI (Australia) 1930-33, Director, Tait Publishing Company, Melbourne 1933-52, Managing Director of Tait Publishing Company and Tait Book Company 1952-56. Manager, No. 5 explosives factory, Deer Park, Victoria 1940-43, Assistant Director Food Manufacture, Commonwealth Food Control 1943-45. Foundation member and first secretary, Melbourne branch, Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy.
Published resources
Resources
- 'Elford, Harold S (19020831-19560515)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-619911. Details
Resource Sections
- 'Elford, Harold Stewart', in Physics in Australia to 1945, R.W. Home, with the assistance of Paula J. Needham, Australian Science Archives Project, June 1995, http://www.asap.unimelb.edu.au/bsparcs/physics/P001645p.htm. Details
McCarthy, G.J.
Created: 20 October 1993, Last modified: 28 February 2018
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