Person

Dickinson, John Albert (1917? - 1992)

Born: 1917?
Died: 22 July 1992
Occupation: Chemical engineer

Summary

John Dickinson spent virtually the whole of his working life with Berger Paints at Rhodes. He joined there in 1938 and held a number of key positions in laboratory management culminating in Technical Manager and an Associate Director, a position he held for the last 15 years of his career. His first main job was with Lever Bros (c.1936-1938) after studying chemical engineering at Sydney Technical College.

Published resources

Resources

'Dickinson, John Albert (1917-19920722)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1477076. Details

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Created: 30 June 1997, Last modified: 2 March 2018

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