Person
Morgan, William (1828 - 1883)
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- Born
- 12 September 1828
Wilshamstead, Bedfordshire, United Kingdom - Died
- 2 November 1883
Brighton, Essex, United Kingdom - Occupation
- Merchant and Parliamentarian
Summary
Sir William Morgan had a significant political career in South Australia. He is thought to have patented 'An improvement in metallurgy for extracting nickel and cobalt from their ores' in 1874.
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Published resources
Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Exhibitions
- Collins, David, Chemistry in 19th Australia - Select Bibliography, An exhibition of the Encyclopedia circa 2005 with assistance from Ailie Smith and Gavan McCarthy., eScholarship Research Centre (original publisher), Melbourne, 2009, https://eoas.info/exhibitions/ciab/ciab_ALL.html. Details
Book Sections
- Morgan, E. J. R., 'Morgan, Sir William (1828-1883)' in Australian dictionary of biography, volume 5: 1851 - 1890 K-Q, Douglas Pike, ed. (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1974), pp. 288-289. http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A050333b.htm. Details
Journal Articles
- Morgan, William, 'An improvement in metallurgy for extracting nickel and cobalt from their ores (Patent, 3 Nov., 1874)', Specifications of Letters of Registration of Patents for Inventions - South Australia, 3 (214) (1874-78), 3. Details
Resources
- Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q8015799. Details
- VIAF - Virtual International Authority File, OCLC, https://viaf.org/viaf/18808473. Details
- 'Morgan, William (1828-1883)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1476739. Details
Annette Alafaci
Created: 18 October 2006, Last modified: 7 February 2011