Person

Barraclough, Edward (1915 - 1972)

Born: 22 June 1915
Yorkshire, England
Died: 23 January 1972
Occupation: Industrial chemist

Summary

Edward Barraclough was deputy managing director of Monsanto Chemicals from 1957 to 1966. He was also General Manager of Eastern Nitrogen Limited, ICIANZ Ltd from 1966 and of Consolidated Fertilizers Limited when Eastern Nitrogen merged with other fertilizer interests.

Details

Chronology

1937: Education - Bachelor of Science (BSc), University of Manchester, UK
1938: Education - Master of Science (MSc), University of Manchester
1940: Education - Diploma of Imperial College (DIC) and Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Imperial College of Science, UK
1940 - 1945: Career position - Senior Chemist at the Chemical Defence Research Establishment and Boots Pure Drug Company Limited
1945 - 1948: Career position - Senior Control Officer of the Pharmaceutical Industry, British Element of the Control Commission for Germany
1948 - 1955: Career position - Chemist at Monsanto Chemicals Limited
1955 - 1957: Career position - Technical Director of Monsanto Australia
1957 - 1966: Career position - Deputy Managing Director of Monsanto Australia
1966: Career position - General Manager of Eastern Nitrogen Limited, ICIANZ Ltd
1966 - 1967: Career position - President, Royal Australian Chemical Institute
1968 - 1972: Career position - President, Australian Industries Development Association

Related Corporate Bodies

Monsanto Australia Limited
Deputy Managing Director 1957 - 1966
Royal Australian Chemical Institute (RACI) (1953 - )
President 1966 - 1967

Published resources

Journal Articles

'Obituary: Edward Barraclough 1915-1972', Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Australian Chemical Institute, 39 (7) (1972), 207. Details
Institution of Engineers Australia, 'Twenty-first Annual Report [1940]', Journal of the Institution of Engineers, Australia, 13 (2) (1941), 33-51. 'Prizes - Peter Nicol Russell Memorial Medal (1939 award), to Sir Henry Barraclough, KBE VD ME ME(Cornell) MIEAust, Sydney Division', p.37. Details

Resources

Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q75110022. Details
'Barraclough, Edward (1915-1972)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1475507. Details

Rosanne Walker

Created: 30 June 1997, Last modified: 29 January 2007

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