Person

Edgell, Robert Gordon (Gordon) (1866 - 1948)

Born: 6 February 1866
Hunters Hill, New South Wales, Australia
Died: 2 December 1948
Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation: Civil engineer, Farmer and Manufacturer

Summary

Robert Gordon (Gordon) Edgell was the first person to can vegetables in Australia when he began canning asparagus in 1926. He registered a public company, Gordon Edgell and Sons Ltd in 1930 and was chairman of directors until 1948.

Published resources

Book Sections

Fry, K.L., 'Edgell, Robert Gordon (1866-1948), civil engineer, farmer and manufacturer' in Australian dictionary of biography, volume 8: 1891 - 1939 Cl-Gib, Bede Nairn and Geoffrey Serle, eds (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1981), pp. 409-410. https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/edgell-robert-gordon-6086. Details

Resources

Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q24239469. Details
'Edgell, Robert Gordon (1866-1948)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1464488. Details

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