Person

Long, John George (1886 - 1950)

Born: 5 May 1886
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Died: 5 July 1950
Occupation: Analytical chemist and Chemist

Summary

John Long worked for the Australian Gas Light Company 1921-1950.

Details

Born Sydney, 5 May 1886. Died 5 July 1950. Educated Sydney Technical College (completed chemistry course 1904). Laboratory assistant, University of Sydney, assistant to A.H.S. Lucas (q.v.), Science Master at Sydney Grammar School, Assayer, Budgery Mine, Hermidale area of western New South Wales 1910-13, Manager 1913-19, eucalyptus oil and other industries 1919-21, Australian Gas Light Company 1921-50.

Published resources

Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Exhibitions

McCarthy, Gavan; Smith, Ailie; Moje, Christine; Rigby, Rebecca, The Study of Australian Eucalypts, eScholarship Research Centre, 2013, http://www.eoas.info/eucalypts/index.html. Details

Resources

'Long, John George (18860505-19500705)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1477078. Details

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