Person

Kipps, Edgar Harold (c. 1906 - ?)

Born: c. 1906
Australia
Died: Australia
Occupation: Agricultural chemist and Chemist

Summary

Edgar Kipps, as a young Bachelor of Science graduate, joined the CSIR Division of Plant Industry in Canberra as a chemist in 1930. Within the Division he later worked in Agrostology and Plant Introduction until he left CSIRO in 1960. In 1947/48 he moved from Canberra to the newly formed CSIR Division of Plant Industry laboratory at the University of Queensland, Brisbane.

For a list of works produced as a result of employment by CSIRO or its predecessors go the CSIRO Research Publications Repository (1917-) and search or browse by name. For newspaper articles check TROVE Newspapers & Gazettes (1903-Present less 70 years) and search by name.

Details

For information on career positions and research work see CSIROpedia CSIRO Annual Reports 1916 - 2000.

Chronology

1930 - 1936: Career position - Chemist, CSIR Division of Plant Industry, Canberra
1937: Career position - Technical Officer (chemistry), CSIR Division of Plant Industry, Canberra
1938 - 1942: Career position - Technical Officer (agrosotology), CSIR Division of Plant Industry, Canberra
1943 - 1946: Career position - Assistant Research Officer (agrostology), CSIR Division of Plant Industry, Canberra
1947: Career position - Research Officer (agrosotology, pasture chemistry), CSIR Division of Plant Industry, Canberra
1948: Career position - Research Officer (pasture chemistry), CSIR Division of Plant Industry, Agrostology unit, University of Queensland, Brisbane
1949 - 1950: Career position - Research Officer (pasture chemistry), CSIRO Division of Plant Industry, Agrostology unit, University of Queensland, Brisbane
1951 - 1952: Career position - Research Officer (pasture chemistry), CSIRO Division of Plant Industry, Plant and Soils Laboratory, Brisbane, Queensland
1953 - 1960: Career position - Research Officer (pasture chemistry), CSIRO Division of Plant Industry, Plant Introduction (agrostology and agronomy), Queensland

Spouse

Fuller, Mary Ellen (1905 - 1938)
193? - 1938

Related Corporate Bodies

CSIR/O Division of Plant Industry, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (1929 - c. 2014)
Chemist 1930 - 1936; Technical Officer 1937 - 1942; Assistant Research Officer 1943 - 1946; Research Officer 1947 - 1960

Gavan McCarthy

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