Person

Mann, Edward Alexander (1874 - 1951)

Born
11 August 1874
Mount Gambier, South Australia, Australia
Died
15 November 1951
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Occupation
Chemist

Summary

Edward Mann became Government Analyst in Western Australia in 1895 and in 1902 Agricultural Chemist. He left this position in 1921 to become a politician and later a broadcaster with the Australian Broadcasting Commission.

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Archival resources

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

  • Edward Alexander Mann - Records, 1916 - 1920; Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) Corporate Records and Archives Strategies. Details

Published resources

Book Sections

  • Andrews, E. M., 'Mann, Edward Alexander (1874-1951), Chemist, Politician and Broadcaster' in Australian Dictionary of Biography, Bede Nairn and Geoffrey Serle, eds, vol. 10 (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1986), pp. 392-393. http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A100385b.htm. Details

Reports

  • Advisory Council of Science and Industry, Report of the Executive Committee of the Commonwealth Advisory Council of Science and Industry: covering the period from the date of the appointment of the Executive Committee (14th April, 1916) to the 30th June 1917 (Melbourne: Commonwealth Government Printer, 1917). https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-2788471586. Details
  • Advisory Council of Science and Industry, Report of the Executive Committee of the Commonwealth Advisory Council of Science and Industry: for the year ended 30th June 1918 (Melbourne: Government of the Commonwealth of Australia, 1918), 64 pp. http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-2004795988. Details

Resources

McCarthy, G.J.

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