Biographical entry Robertson, Thorburn Brailsford (1884 - 1930)

Summary

Thorburn Brailsford Robertson was Professor of Physiology and Biochemistry, University of Adelaide 1919-27 and Director of the Animal Nutrition Section, CSIR 1927-30. He also played a pivotal role during the early 1920s in establishing insulin manufacture in Australia.

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Archival resources

Barr Smith Library, Special Collections, The University of Adelaide

• Thorburn Brailsford Robertson - Records, 1902 - 1922, 574.19/B65a; Barr Smith Library, Special Collections, The University of Adelaide. Details

Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) Corporate Records and Archives Strategies

• Thorburn Brailsford Robertson - Records, 1912 - 1930, S23,24,25 and others; Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) Corporate Records and Archives Strategies. Details

Private hands (Robertson, D.S.)

• Thorburn Brailsford Robertson - Records, 1902 - 1932; Private hands (Robertson, D.S.). Details

State Library of South Australia, Mortlock Library of South Australiana

• Thorburn Brailsford Robertson - Records, 1892 - 1957, PRG 136; State Library of South Australia, Mortlock Library of South Australiana. Details

Published resources

Book Sections

• Rogers, G. E., 'Robertson, Thorburn Brailsford (1884-1930), Biochemist and Professor', in Geoffrey Serle (ed.), Australian Dictionary of Biography, vol. 11, Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 1988, pp. 416-417. Also available at http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A110429b.htm. Details

Journal Articles

• Bolton, H. C.; Coller, B.A.W., 'Two Letters of William Sutherland to T. Brailsford Robertson: Ideas on the Electrical Conductivity of Proteins', Historical Records of Australian Science, vol. 9, no. 4, 1993, pp. 357-368. Also available at http://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/HR9930940357.htm. Details

Online Resources

• National Library of Australia, 'Robertson, T Brailsford', Trove, National Library of Australia and the Australian National Maritime Museum Darling Harbour, 2009, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1235999. Details

See also

• French, E. L. and Stewart, D.F., 'Lionel Bately Bull, 1889-1978', Historical Records of Australian Science, vol. 5, no. 4, 1983, pp. 90-110. Also available at http://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/HR9830540090.htm. Details
• Stephens, C.G. and Quirk, J.P., 'James Arthur Prescott 1890-1987', Historical Records of Australian Science, vol. 7, no. 3, 1988, pp. 299-313. Also available at http://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/HR9880730299.htm. Details