Person

Moore, Humphrey Owen (1908 - 1963)

Born: 23 July 1908
Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Died: 2 July 1963
Occupation: Industrial chemist

Summary

Humphrey Moore worked for ICI in various capacities 1937-1963. In the early years he was concerned with the starting up and operation of a number of the company's new chemical projects in Melbourne, Sydney and Newcastle.

Details

Born Adelaide, 23 July 1908. Died Adelaide, 2 July 1963. Educated South Australian School of Mines (ASASM 1930) and University of Adelaide (BSc 1932). Demonstrator, South Australian School of Mines, research assistant, Biochemistry Department, University of Adelaide, demonstrator and research student in biochemistry, University of Adelaide 1933-35, Research Officer, CSIR Animal Nutrition Laboratory, Adelaide 1936, ICIANZ Limited 1937-45, Process Manager, then Production Manager, ICI Alkali (Aust.) Pty Ltd 1946-53, Operations Manager 1953-63.

Published resources

Resources

'Moore, Humphrey Owen (19080723-19630702)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1476523. Details

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