Person
Kent, Thomas (? - 1832)
- Died
- 29 March 1832
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia - Occupation
- Merchant and Sailor
Summary
Thomas Kent arrived in Sydney in 1808. He moved to Van Diemen's Land in 1812 and after various failed ventures he produced a successful tanning extract in 1818 by crushing and boiling wattle bark and evaporating the liquid into tar.
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Published resources
Book Sections
- 'Kent, Thomas (d. 1832), merchant and speculator' in Australian dictionary of biography, volume 2: 1788 - 1850 I-Z, Douglas Pike, ed. (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1967), pp. 44-46. http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A020042b.htm. Details
Resources
- Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q21538803. Details
- 'Kent, Thomas (-18320329)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1464074. Details
See also
- Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering, Technology in Australia 1788-1988, Online edn, Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre, Melbourne, 3 May 2000, http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/tia/index_k.html. Details
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Created: 25 May 2001, Last modified: 4 February 2010
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