Biographical entry Watt, Robert Dickie (1881 - 1965)

Summary

(Sir) Robert Dickie Watt was the first Professor of Agriculture and Dean of the Faculty of Agriculture, University of Sydney 1910-46. After retirement he did research on Australian agricultural history and published "The romance of the Australian land industries" (1955).

Archival resources

Adolph Basser Library, Australian Academy of Science

• Robert Dickie Watt - Records, 1910 - 1965, MS 46; Adolph Basser Library, Australian Academy of Science. Details

Published resources

Book Sections

• Campbell, Keith O., 'Watt, Sir Robert Dickie (1881-1965), Agricultural Scientist', in John Ritchie (ed.), Australian Dictionary of Biography, vol. 12, Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 1990, pp. 410-411. Also available at http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A120457b.htm. Details

Journal Articles

• Watt, R.D., 'The Influence of Science on the Progress of the Land Industries in Australia.', Journal and Proceedings of The Royal Society of New South Wales, vol. 60, 1926, p. 14037. Details

Online Resources

• 'Watt, Robert Dickie - Ms 46', in Listing of Adolph Basser Library holdings, Australian Academy of Science, 1994, http://www.science.org.au/basser/manuscript-collection/ms046.html. Details
• National Library of Australia, 'Watt, R D', Trove, National Library of Australia and the Australian National Maritime Museum Darling Harbour, 2009, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-559887. Details

See also

• McIntosh, R. A. and Smith-White, S., 'Irvine Armstrong Watson 1914-1986', Historical Records of Australian Science, vol. 7, no. 4, 1989, pp. 405-415. Details