Person

Taylor, Headlie Shipard (1883 - 1957)

Born
7 July 1883
Bungowannah, New South Wales, Australia
Died
22 March 1957
Sunshine, Victoria, Australia
Occupation
Agricultural engineer

Summary

Headlie Taylor was an agricultural machinery designer who worked for H.V. McKay (later H.V. McKay Massey Harris) from 1914-1954. His major inventions were a header harvester in 1914 and the 'Sunshine' auto-header, the first self-propelled harvester to be manufactured in large numbers, in 1924.

Details

Born 7 July 1883. Died 22 March 1957. Invented a header harvester 1914, the 'Sunshine' auto-header. Supervisor of production of the header for H.V. McKay from 1916, retired in 1954 as superintendent of agricultural machinery works, H V McKay Massey Harris Pty Ltd.

Published resources

Book Sections

  • Hallett, M. L., 'Taylor, Headlie Shipard (1883-1957), agricultural machinery designer' in Australian dictionary of biography, volume 12: 1891 - 1939 Smy-Z, John Ritchie, ed. (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1990), pp. 180-181. http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A120199b.htm. Details

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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_t.html. Details
  • Engineers Australia ed., Wonders never cease: 100 Australian engineering achievements (Barton, Australian Capital Territory: Institution of Engineers, Australia, 2019), 236 pp. p.143. Details
  • Engineers Australia ed., Anything is possible: 100 Australian engineering leaders (Barton, A.C.T.: Institution of Engineers Australia, 2019), 136 pp. 'A Head for Production - Headlie Taylor' p.36. Details
  • Quick, G.R., 'Two hundred years of grain harvesting', in Conference on agricultural engineering 1988: an Australasian conference to celebrate the Australian Bicentennial, (Barton, Australian Capital Territory: Institution of Engineers, Australia, 1988), pp. 14-16., https://search.informit.org/doi/10.3316/informit.660258743747482. Details

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