Person

Heath, Bernard Verrell (1904 - 1984)

Born: 1904
Horsham, Victoria, Australia
Died: 24 May 1984
Occupation: Food scientist

Summary

Bernard Heath founded his own Consulting Chemist and Public Analyst Laboratory, Bernard Heath & Associates in 1928. He was heavily involved in the establishment of the first Food Science and Technology course at the Melbourne Technical College (now Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology) and was also one of the first part-time lecturers in this course.

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Chronology

c. 1924 - 1928: Career position - Scientist with the Health Department laboratories
1928 - ?: Career position - Bernard Heath & Associates, Consulting Chemist and Public Analyst Laboratory established
1935 - 1939: Career position - Food Scientist at Smedley's Food Cannery and a flavour manufacturing concern in England
1939 - 1945: Military service - War service with the Chemical Warfare Section of the Australian Army
c. 1946 - 1957?: Career position - Lecturer (part-time) in Food Microbiology, University of Melbourne
1958 - 1959: Career position - Adviser to the Jamaican Government on food laws

Published resources

Resources

'Heath, Bernard Verrell (1904-1984)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1475525. Details

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