Person
White, Montgomery (1905 - 1955)
FRACI
- Born
- 8 August 1905
Fischerton, Queensland, Australia - Died
- 22 September 1955
Hawthorne, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia - Occupation
- Agricultural chemist
Summary
Montgomery White was an expert in animal nutrition, with the Queensland Department of Agriculture and Stock. Under his leadership, significant advances in the understanding and treatment of animal-nutrition problems in Queensland were made, including copper and cobalt deficiencies in sheep and cattle, and fluorosis in sheep. From 1939 he was also a specialist lecturer in agriculture at the University of Queensland, and from 1947 to 1953 he was a member of the university Senate and the Faculty of Agriculture.
Details
Chronology
- 1927
- Education - Bachelor of Science (BSc), University of Queensland
- 1929
- Education - Master of Science (MSc), University of Queensland
- 1930 - 1933
- Award - 1851 Exhibition Overseas Scholarship [Biochemistry. - The chemical nature of vitamins. University College, London]
- 1933
- Education - Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), University of London
- 1933 - 1937
- Career position - Biochemist, Queensland Meat Industry Board [at the Board's abbattoir, Brisbane]
- 1938 - 1941
- Career position - Animal Nutrition Office, Department of Agriculture and Stock, Queensland
- 1939 -
- Career position - Lecturer in Agriculture, University of Queensland
- 1941 - 1955
- Career position - Agricultural Chemist and Biochemist, Department of Agriculture and Stock, Queensland
- 1947 - 1953
- Career position - Member of the Senate, University of Queensland
- 1951 - 1953
- Career position - Vice-President, Queensland Branch, Royal Australian Chemical Institute
- 1953 - 1955
- Career position - President, Queensland Branch, Royal Australian Chemical Institute
- 1955
- Award - Fellow, Royal Australian Chemical Institute (FRACI)
Related entries
Published resources
Books
- Royal Commission for the Exhibition of 1851, Record of the science research scholars of the Royal Commission for the Exhibition of 1851, 1891 - 1960 (London: The Commissioners, 1961), 107 pp. Overseas Scholarship - Entry No.67. Details
Book Sections
- Bruce, Robin, 'White, Montgomery (1905-1955), agricultural chemist' in Australian dictionary of biography, volume 16: 1940 - 1980 Pik-Z, John Ritchie and Diane Langmore, eds (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 2002), pp. 532-533, https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/white-montgomery-12012. Details
Ken McInnes
Created: 24 October 2024, Last modified: 21 October 2026