Person

Jackson, Alfred Henrich (1851 - 1938)

Born
9 March 1851
Manchester, United Kingdom
Died
19 December 1938
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Occupation
Chemist and Electrical engineer

Summary

Alfred Henrich Jackson was Director of the Melbourne College of Pharmacy and taught at the University of Melbourne, Melbourne Church of England Grammar School (science), and at the Melbourne Veterinary School (chemistry). He was also the Principal of a private electrical engineering school and President of the Victorian Institute of Electrical Engineers.

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Chronology

1885
Life event - Migrated to Australia (Melbourne)
1885 - 1888
Career position - Lecturer, University of Melbourne
1886 - 1889
Career position - Director, Melbourne (later Victorian) College of Pharmacy

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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

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See also

  • Bomford, Janette M., The Victorian College of Pharmacy: 125 years of history, 1881 - 2006 (Parkville, Vic.: Victorian College of Pharmacy, 2006), 316 pp. Details

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