Biographical entry Penfold, Arthur de Ramon (1890 - 1980)

Summary

Arthur de Ramon Penfold was Director of the Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences, Sydney 1927-55. Earlier he had been a research chemist with the eucalyptus oil distillers, Gillard Gordon Ltd 1915-19 after which he became H.G. Smith's assistant at the Museum.

Archival resources

National Library of Australia Manuscript Collection

• Arthur de Ramon Penfold - Records, 1900 - 1956, MS 4515; National Library of Australia Manuscript Collection. Details

Powerhouse Museum

• Arthur de Ramon Penfold - Records, 1897 - 1956, MA 128, MRS 225; Powerhouse Museum. Details

Published resources

Book Sections

• Hall, Norman, 'Penfold, Arthur Ramon (1890-)', in Botanists of the Eucalypts, CSIRO, Melbourne, 1978, p. 141. Details
• McKern, H. H. G., 'Penfold, Arthur de Ramon (1890-1980), Chemist and Museum Director', in Geoffrey Serle (ed.), Australian Dictionary of Biography, vol. 11, Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 1988, pp. 195-196. Also available at http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A110200b.htm. Details

Journal Articles

• 'Obituaries. Arthur de Ramon Penfold', Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales, vol. 113, no. 3-4, 1980, pp. 100-101. Details
• McKern, H. H. G., 'The Chemists of Australia: Arthur de Ramon Penfold, 1890-1980', Chemistry in Australia, vol. 48, 1981, pp. 327-330. Details

Online Resources

• National Library of Australia, 'Penfold, Arthur de Ramon', Trove, National Library of Australia and the Australian National Maritime Museum Darling Harbour, 2009, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1467270. Details