Person
Booth, Norman Parr (1879 - 1950)
- Born
- 1879
Honley, Yorkshire, England - Died
- 18 February 1950
Hobart, Tasmania, Australia - Occupation
- Analytical chemist and businessman
Summary
Norman Parr Booth was employed by the Worshipful Society of Apothecaries of London in 1898 and rose to become chief assistant. He became an associate and then a fellow of the Institute of Chemistry of Great Britain and Ireland in from 1900-1903. In 1901 he joined Cadbury Bros as its first analytical chemist. Booth's research was significant for the development of the company's iconic chocolate. In 1924, he was the chief chemist of one of the company's large research laboratories and became the chairman and managing director of Cadbury-Fry-Pascall Ltd based at Claremont, Tasmania.
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Published resources
Book Sections
- Chapman, G. P. R., 'Booth, Norman Parr (1879?-1950), analytical chemist and businessman' in Australian dictionary of biography, volume 7: 1891 - 1939 A-Ch, Bede Nairn and Geoffrey Serle, eds (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1979), pp. 346-347. http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A070351b.htm. Details
Resources
- Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q21536921. Details
- 'Booth, Norman Parr (1879-19500218)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1467969. Details
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Created: 2 May 2013, Last modified: 21 January 2014