Biographical entry Guthrie, Frederick Bickell (1861 - 1927)

Summary

Frederick Bickell Guthrie was a chemist with the New South Wales Department of Agriculture 1892- 1924. He was also acting Professor of Chemistry, University of Sydney 1896-97, 1904-5 and 1908-9.

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Archival resources

New South Wales Department of Agriculture

• Frederick Bickell Guthrie - Records; New South Wales Department of Agriculture. Details

Published resources

Book Sections

• Gooday, Graeme J. N., 'Frederick Bickell Guthrie, 1861-1927', in Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2004. Details
• Wrigley, C. W., 'Guthrie, Frederick Bickell (1861-1927), Agricultural Chemist', in Bede Nairn and Geoffrey Serle (eds), Australian Dictionary of Biography, vol. 9, Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 1983, pp. 143-144. Also available at http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A090137b.htm. Details

Journal Articles

• Guthrie, F. B., 'William Farrer', Agricultural Gazette of New South Wales, June, 1960, pp. 533-538. Details
• Guthrie, F.B., 'Analyses of Commercial Fertilisers', The Agricultural Gazette of New South Wales, vol. 3, Government Printer, Sydney, 1892, pp. 841-842. Details
• Guthrie, F.B., 'Analyses of Soils', The Agricultural Gazette of New South Wales, vol. 3, Government Printer, Sydney, 1892, pp. 627-629,729-733, 837-840. Details
• Guthrie, F.B., 'Analyses of Commercial Fertilisers', The Agricultural Gazette of New South Wales, vol. 3, Government Printer, Sydney, 1892, p. 1020. Details
• Guthrie, F.B., 'Analyses of Commercial Fertilisers', The Agricultural Gazette of New South Wales, vol. 3, Government Printer, Sydney, 1892, pp. 930-931. Details
• Guthrie, F.B., 'Analyses of Commercial Fertilisers', The Agricultural Gazette of New South Wales, vol. 4, Government Printer, Sydney, 1893, pp. 68-9, 193-5. Details
• Guthrie, F.B., 'Analyses of Soils', The Agricultural Gazette of New South Wales, vol. 4, Government Printer, Sydney, 1893, pp. 283-294, 482-489. Details
• Guthrie, F.B., 'Analyses of Soils', The Agricultural Gazette of New South Wales, vol. 4, Government Printer, Sydney, 1893, pp. 70-77, 129-136,196-203. Details
• Guthrie, F.B., 'On the Choice and Use of Artificial Manures', The Agricultural Gazette of New South Wales, vol. 5, Government Printer, Sydney, 1894, pp. 144-148. Details
• Guthrie, F.B., 'Chemical Notes', The Agricultural Gazette of New South Wales, vol. 5, Government Printer, Sydney, 1894, pp. 724-729. Details
• Guthrie, F.B., 'On the Choice and Use of Artificial Manures', The Agricultural Gazette of New South Wales, vol. 5, Government Printer, Sydney, 1894, pp. 267-271,328-330, 419-423. Details
• Guthrie, F.B., 'Chemical Notes', The Agricultural Gazette of New South Wales, vol. 5, Government Printer, Sydney, 1894, pp. 724-729. Details
• Guthrie, F.B., 'Chemical Notes', The Agricultural Gazette of New South Wales, vol. 5, Government Printer, Sydney, 1894, pp. 149-150. Details
• Guthrie, F.B., 'Chemical Notes', The Agricultural Gazette of New South Wales, vol. 5, Government Printer, Sydney, 1894, pp. 272-273. Details
• Guthrie, F.B., 'Chemical Notes', The Agricultural Gazette of New South Wales, vol. 5, Government Printer, Sydney, 1894, pp. 875-877. Details
• Guthrie, F.B., 'Analyses of Commercial Fertilisers', The Agricultural Gazette of New South Wales, vol. 5, Government Printer, Sydney, 1894, pp. 522-526. Details
• Guthrie, F.B., 'Analysis of Tumut Tobacco', The Agricultural Gazette of New South Wales, vol. 5, Government Printer, Sydney, 1894, pp. 663-666. Details
• Guthrie, F.B., 'Chemical Notes', The Agricultural Gazette of New South Wales, vol. 5, Government Printer, Sydney, 1894, pp. 578-579. Details
• Guthrie, F.B., 'On the Choice and Use of Artificial Manures', The Agricultural Gazette of New South Wales, vol. 5, Government Printer, Sydney, 1894, pp. 519-521. Details
• Guthrie, F.B., 'Chemical Notes', The Agricultural Gazette of New South Wales, vol. 6, Government Printer, Sydney, 1895, pp. 793-796. Details
• Guthrie, F.B., 'Soil Analysis', Report of the Sixth Meeting of the Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science, vol. 6, Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science, Sydney, 1895, pp. 288-293. Details
• Guthrie, F.B., 'Chemical Nature of the Wines of New South Wales', The Agricultural Gazette of New South Wales, vol. 6, Government Printer, Sydney, 1895, pp. 905-907. Details
• Guthrie, F.B., 'Chemical Notes', The Agricultural Gazette of New South Wales, vol. 6, Government Printer, Sydney, 1895, pp. 714-716. Details
• Guthrie, F.B., 'Analyses of Commercial Fertilisers', The Agricultural Gazette of New South Wales, vol. 6, Government Printer, Sydney, 1895, pp. 491-496. Details
• Guthrie, F.B., 'Chemical Notes', The Agricultural Gazette of New South Wales, vol. 6, Government Printer, Sydney, 1895, pp. 429-431. Details
• Guthrie, F.B., 'Soil Analysis', The Agricultural Gazette of New South Wales, vol. 7, Government Printer, Sydney, 1896, pp. 58-62. Details
• Guthrie, F.B., 'Chemical Nature of the Wines of NSW. Part I. Northern Rivers Vineyards', The Agricultural Gazette of New South Wales, vol. 7, Government Printer, Sydney, 1896, pp. 408-409. Details
• Guthrie, F.B., 'Note on Imported Wheat and Flour', The Agricultural Gazette of New South Wales, vol. 7, Government Printer, Sydney, 1896, pp. 579-582. Details
• Guthrie, F.B., 'Analysis of Hay of Paspalum dilatatum', The Agricultural Gazette of New South Wales, vol. 7, Government Printer, Sydney, 1896, p. 328. Details
• Guthrie, F.B., 'Note on the Absorption of Water by the Gluten of Different Wheats', Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales, vol. 30, Acting Government Printer, Sydney, 1896, pp. 124-134. Details
• Guthrie, F.B., 'The Absorption of Water by the Gluten of Different Wheats', The Agricultural Gazette of New South Wales, vol. 7, Government Printer, Sydney, 1896, pp. 583-589. Details
• Guthrie, F.B., 'Chemical Notes', The Agricultural Gazette of New South Wales, vol. 7, Government Printer, Sydney, 1896, pp. 754-756. Details
• Guthrie, F.B., 'Agricultural Education', The Agricultural Gazette of New South Wales, vol. 8, Government Printer, Sydney, 1897, pp. 612-614. Details
• Guthrie, F.B., 'Chemical Notes', The Agricultural Gazette of New South Wales, vol. 8, Government Printer, Sydney, 1897, pp. 866-869. Details
• Guthrie, F.B., 'Chemical Notes', The Agricultural Gazette of New South Wales, vol. 8, Government Printer, Sydney, 1897, pp. 360-362. Details
• Guthrie, F.B., 'Value of the Phosphate of Lime in Bone-dust', The Agricultural Gazette of New South Wales, vol. 8, Government Printer, Sydney, 1897, pp. 197-203. Details
• Guthrie, F.B., 'The Fodder-Value of Saltbush', The Agricultural Gazette of New South Wales, vol. 8, Government Printer, Sydney, 1897, pp. 574-578. Details
• Guthrie, F.B., 'Analyses of Commercial Fertilisers Obtainable in New South Wales', The Agricultural Gazette of New South Wales, vol. 8, Government Printer, Sydney, 1897, pp. 289-294. Details
• Guthrie, F.B., 'Remarks on the Object and Method of Soil-Analysis', The Agricultural Gazette of New South Wales, vol. 8, Government Printer, Sydney, 1897, pp. 357-359. Details
• Guthrie, F.B., 'Remarks on the Object and Method of Soil-Analysis', The Agricultural Gazette of New South Wales, vol. 8, Government Printer, Sydney, 1897, pp. 357-359. Details
• Guthrie, F.B., 'Explanatory Notes on the List of Fertilisers Published in the May Gazette', The Agricultural Gazette of New South Wales, vol. 8, Government Printer, Sydney, 1897, pp. 482-485. Details
• Guthrie, F.B., 'Notes on the Constitution of Gluten', Report of the Seventh Meeting of the Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science, vol. 7, Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science, Sydney, 1898, p. 339. Details
• Guthrie, F.B., 'Notes on the Soils of County Cumberland', The Agricultural Gazette of New South Wales, vol. 9, Government Printer, Sydney, 1898, pp. 481-487. Details
• Guthrie, F.B., 'Chemical Notes', The Agricultural Gazette of New South Wales, vol. 9, Government Printer, Sydney, 1898, pp. 1191-1194. Details
• Guthrie, F.B., 'Wheat-Testing - Description of Mill', The Agricultural Gazette of New South Wales, vol. 9, Government Printer, Sydney, 1898, pp. 713-716. Details
• Guthrie, F.B., 'Soil Moisture', The Agricultural Gazette of New South Wales, vol. 9, Government Printer, Sydney, 1898, pp. 1310-1315. Details
• Guthrie, F.B., 'Notes on the Constitution of Wheat-Gluten', The Agricultural Gazette of New South Wales, vol. 9, Government Printer, Sydney, 1898, pp. 363-374. Details
• Guthrie, F.B., 'Soil Analysis and its Value', The Agricultural Gazette of New South Wales, vol. 10, Government Printer, Sydney, 1899, pp. 921-925. Details
• Guthrie, F.B., 'Formulae for Preparing Fertilisers', The Agricultural Gazette of New South Wales, vol. 10, Government Printer, Sydney, 1899, pp. 1053-1056. Details
• Guthrie, F.B., 'The Interpretation of Analyses of Fodders and Feeding-Stuffs', The Agricultural Gazette of New South Wales, vol. 10, Government Printer, Sydney, 1899, pp. 1053-1056. Details
• Guthrie, F.B., 'The Fodder Value of Some Common Shrub-Plants', The Agricultural Gazette of New South Wales, vol. 10, Government Printer, Sydney, 1899, pp. 1048-1051. Details
• Guthrie, F.B., 'Notes on the Milling Qualities of the Varieties of Wheat Most Commonly Grown in New South Wales', The Agricultural Gazette of New South Wales, vol. 10, Government Printer, Sydney, 1899, pp. 518-525. Details
• Guthrie, F.B., 'Formulae for Preparing Fertilisers', The Agricultural Gazette of New South Wales, vol. 10, Government Printer, Sydney, 1899, pp. 919-925. Details
• Guthrie, F.B., 'Chemical Notes', The Agricultural Gazette of New South Wales, vol. 10, Government Printer, Sydney, 1899, pp. 526-528. Details
• Guthrie, F.B., 'obituary of F.B. Guthrie, in presidential address by W.G. Woolnough', Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales, vol. 61, Acting Government Printer, Sydney, 1927, pp. 12-13. Details
• Guthrie, F.B. and Gurney, E. H., 'Further Notes on the Milling Qualities of Different Varieties of Wheat', The Agricultural Gazette of New South Wales, vol. 8, Government Printer, Sydney, 1897, pp. 755-768. Details
• Guthrie, F.B. and Gurney, E. H., 'Judging the Milling Qualities of Prize Wheats at Shows, &c.', The Agricultural Gazette of New South Wales, vol. 8, Government Printer, Sydney, 1897, pp. 860-865. Details
• Guthrie, F.B. and Gurney, E. H., 'Analyses of Commercial Fertilisers Obtainable in New South Wales; 1898 List', The Agricultural Gazette of New South Wales, vol. 9, Government Printer, Sydney, 1898, pp. 471-478. Details
• Guthrie, F.B. and Gurney, E. H., 'Analyses of Commercial Fertilisers Obtainable in New South Wales', The Agricultural Gazette of New South Wales, vol. 10, Government Printer, Sydney, 1899, pp. 440-446. Details
• Guthrie, F.B. and Gurney, E. H., 'Milling Notes on the Lambrigg Harvest of 1897-98', The Agricultural Gazette of New South Wales, vol. 10, Government Printer, Sydney, 1899, pp. 902-918. Details
• Guthrie, F.B. and Turner, Fred, 'Supposed Poisonous Plant : A Description and Analysis of the "Darling Pea", "Indigo", "Cranky Pea", &c. (Swainsona galegifolia )', The Agricultural Gazette of New South Wales, vol. 4, Government Printer, Sydney, 1893, pp. 84-89. Details
• Wrigley, C. W., 'W. J. Farrer and F. B. Guthrie: the Unique Breeder-Chemist Combination That Pioneered Quality Wheats for Australia', Records of the Australian Academy of Science, vol. 4, no. 1, 1979, pp. 7-25. Also available at http://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/HR9790410007.htm. Details
• Wrigley, C. W., 'F.B. Guthrie: Australia's Pioneer Cereal Chemist', Chemistry in Australia, September, 1988, pp. 306-311. Details

Online Resources

• Early Chemists of Sydney, 2006, http://members.optusnet.com.au/jph8524/McKern.htm. Details
• National Library of Australia, 'Guthrie, Frederick Bickell', Trove, National Library of Australia and the Australian National Maritime Museum Darling Harbour, 2009, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1462054. Details

See also

• 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/scripts/tia-dynindex.php3?EID=P001244. Details