Person

Morrow, James (1843 - 1910)

Born: 1843
Tyrone, Ireland
Died: 3 September 1910
Ascot Vale, Victoria, Australia
Occupation: Inventor and Manufacturer

Summary

James Morrow patented a stripper harvester in January 1884. He had won £75 in the Dookie field trials in December 1883 and it was in operation two months before H.V. McKay (qv) completed his machine. It was thus the first successful machine of this type.

Published resources

Book Sections

Parsons, George, 'Morrow, James (1843-1910), inventor and manufacturer' in Australian dictionary of biography, volume 5: 1851 - 1890 K-Q, Douglas Pike, ed. (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1974), pp. 298-299. https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/morrow-james-4257. Details

Journal Articles

Morrow, Robert B., 'James Morrow, inventor of the stripper harvester', Victorian Historical Journal, 64 (1993), 159-71. Details

Resources

Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q24087679. Details
'Morrow, James (1843-1910)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1467531. Details

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