Person

Fowler, Richard Hindle (1910 - 1996)

Born
13 May 1910
Coburg, Victoria, Australia
Died
14 April 1996
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Occupation
Agricultural physicist and Museum director

Summary

Richard Fowler was an agricultural scientist whose career started in 1931 with the Victorian Department of Agriculture. His research was the investigation of soil physics and chemistry as they related to plant nutrition. In 1936 he joined the Industrial and Technological Museum as Botanical Assistant, ultimately becoming Director of the Museum's successor, the Institute of Applied Science (later the Science Museum of Victoria). Returning to the Museum after war service engaged in explosives research, Fowler became involved in new display and restoration techniques. As Director his main concerns were a rapidly expanding collection and a critical shortage of space. Fowler retired in 1975.

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Chronology

1931
Career event - Appointed Agricultural scientist, Victorian Department Agriculture
1936
Career event - Appointed Botanical Assistant, Industrial and Technological Museum
1936
Education - Master of Agriculture (MAg), University of Melbourne
1955 - 1961
Career position - Assistant Director, Museum of Applied Science
1961 - 1962
Career position - Assistant Director, Institute of Applied Science
1962 - 1971
Career position - Director, Institute of Applied Science
1971 - 1975
Career position - Director, Science Museum of Victoria

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See also

  • Rasmussen, Carolyn et al., A Museum for the people: a History of Museum Victoria and its predecessor institutions, 1854-2000 (Carlton North, Victoria: Scribe Publications, 2001), 420 pp. Details

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