Person

Perkins, Arthur James (1871 - 1944)

Born
11 May 1871
Ramleh, Alexandria, Egypt
Died
23 June 1944
South Australia, Australia
Occupation
Agricultural scientist and Viticulturist

Summary

Arthur Perkins was the South Australian Director of Agriculture 1914-1936. In 1892 he was recruited from Tunisia to be a member of South Australia's Central Agricultural Bureau and Government Viticulturist based at Roseworthy Agricultural College.

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Chronology

1914 - 1936
Career position - Director of Agriculture, South Australian Department of Agriculture
1921 -
Career position - Foundation Councillor (Agriculture), Australian National Research Council
1921
Career position - President, Section K (Agriculture), Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science
1928
Career position - President, Section K (Agriculture), Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science

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Archival resources

Adolph Basser Library, Australian Academy of Science

  • Australian Botanists - Biographies, MS 064; Adolph Basser Library, Australian Academy of Science. Details

State Library of South Australia, Mortlock Library of South Australiana

  • Arthur James Perkins - Records, 1892 - 1936, PRG 496; State Library of South Australia, Mortlock Library of South Australiana. Details

Published resources

Books

  • Perkins, Arthur James, The Personal Letterbooks of Professor A.J. Perkins, Government Viticulturist in South Australia, 1890-1901: (Later, Principal of Roseworth Agricultural College and Director of Agriculture) (Roseworthy, S.A.: Roseworhty Agricultural College, 1982). Details

Book Sections

  • Daniels, J. G., 'Perkins, Arthur James (1871-1944), Agricultural Scientist and Viticulturist' in Australian dictionary of biography, volume 11: 1891 - 1939 Nes-Smi, Geoffrey Serle, ed. (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1988), pp. 201-202. http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A110207b.htm. Details

Resources

See also

McCarthy, G.J.

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