Biographical entry Hicks, Cedric Stanton (1892 - 1976)

Summary

(Sir) Cedric Stanton Hicks was Professor of Human Physiology and Pharmacology at the University of Adelaide 1926-58. During the 1940s Hicks worked closely with the Australian Army Catering Corps as an adviser on nutrition and was on the Defence Department's Scientific Advisory Committee as its advisor on foodstuffs.

Archival resources

Barr Smith Library, Special Collections, The University of Adelaide

• Cedric Stanton Hicks - Records, 1929 - 1974, SR/572.9942/H631p; Barr Smith Library, Special Collections, The University of Adelaide. Details

National Library of Australia Manuscript Collection

• Cedric Stanton Hicks - Records, 1887 - 1976, MS 5623; National Library of Australia Manuscript Collection. Details

Published resources

Book Sections

• Nash, Heather, 'Hicks, Sir Cedric Stanton (1892-1976), University Professor and Army Catering Officer', in John Ritchie (ed.), Australian Dictionary of Biography, vol. 14, Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 1996, pp. 448-449. Also available at http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A140515b.htm. Details

Online Resources

• 'Hicks, Cedric Stanton', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-484030. Details

See also

• 'Dr Keith Thomas Henry Farrer OBE MA DSc FTSE - Biographical Note', Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering, http://www.atse.org.au/index.php?sectionid=648. Details
• Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering, Technology in Australia 1788-1988, Online edn, Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre, Melbourne, 3 May 2000, http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/tia/index_h.html. Details
• Glover, W. E., 'Robert Ford Whelan 1922-1984', Historical Records of Australian Science, vol. 6, no. 3, 1986, pp. 409-421. Also available at http://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/HR9860630409.htm. Details
• Wisdom, John, A History of Defence Science in Australia, Defence Science and Technology Organisation, Melbourne, 1995, 267 pp. Details