Person

Knox, Edward (1819 - 1901)

Born
6 June 1819
Helsingör, Denmark
Died
7 January 1901
Darling Point, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation
Sugar pioneer and Bank Manager

Summary

Sir Edward Knox was a director of the Commercial Banking Company of Sydney 1845-1901 and manager 1847-1851. He was manager of the Australasian Sugar Company 1843-1854 and in 1855 founded the Colonial Sugar Refining Company, of which he was the first chairman of directors, holding the post until 1901.

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Chronology

1888 -
Career event - Original [founding] member, Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science

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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
  • Fowler, Robert, 'Chapter 9: Chemical engineering' in Sydney: from settlement to city: an engineering history of Sydney, Don Fraser, ed. (Crows Nest, New South Wales: Engineers Australia, 1989), pp. 185-200. Details

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