Biographical entry Leeper, Geoffrey Winthrop (1903 - 1986)

Summary

Geoffrey Winthrop Leeper worked as Lecturer, Senior Lecturer and Associate Professor in the Department of Agriculture, University of Melbourne from 1934, and was Professor of Agricultural Chemistry 1962-69. He wrote four books - two on trace elements, one on soil chemistry and one on soils.

Details

Born 5 March 1903. Died 15 December 1986. Educated University of Melbourne (BSc 1924, MSc 1926). Commonwealth Explosives Factory, Maribyrnong 1925-26, University of Adelaide 1927, Rowett Research Institute, Scotland 1929, Research scholar in chemistry, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Melbourne 1930-32, Lecturer in Agricultural Chemistry 1933-46, Associate Professor 1946-62, Professor 1962-69. President, Royal Society of Victoria 1959-60. President, Victorian Branch, Australian Institute of Agricultural Science. Honorary Life Fellow, Royal Australian Chemical Institute.

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Archival resources

The University of Melbourne Archives

• Geoffrey Winthrop Leeper - Records, 1937 - 1986; The University of Melbourne Archives. Details

Published resources

Books

• Leeper, G. W., Six Trace Elements in Soils: Their chemistry as micro-nutrients, Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 1970, 59 pp. Details

Edited Books

• Leeper, G. W. (ed.), Sir Samuel Wadham, Melbourne, 1956. Details

Journal Articles

• Leeper, G. W., 'Obituary: Ernst Matthaei', Australian Journal of Science, vol. 29, no. 6, 1967, p. 166. Details

Online Resources

• National Library of Australia, 'Leeper, G W', Trove, National Library of Australia and the Australian National Maritime Museum Darling Harbour, 2009, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-497928. Details

See also

• Science and the making of Victoria, with Royal Society of Victoria, 2001, http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/smv/scripts/smv-dynindex.php3?EID=P000566. Details