Person
Knox, Edward William (1847 - 1933)
- Born
- 1 April 1847
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia - Died
- 26 June 1933
Bellevue Hill, New South Wales, Australia - Occupation
- Industrialist
Summary
Edward William Knox joined the Colonial Sugar Refining Company, which had been founded by his father, Edward Knox (qv) as a junior clerk in April 1864, becoming chairman and managing director in 1920. He resigned as managing director in December 1932 and from the board in February 1933.
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Published resources
Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Exhibitions
- Collins, David, Chemistry in 19th Australia - Select Bibliography, An exhibition of the Encyclopedia circa 2005 with assistance from Ailie Smith and Gavan McCarthy., eScholarship Research Centre (original publisher), Melbourne, 2009, https://eoas.info/exhibitions/ciab/ciab_ALL.html. Details
Book Sections
- Rutledge, Martha, 'Knox, Edward William (1847-1933), industrialist' in Australian Dictionary of Biography, Bede Nairn and Geoffrey Serle, eds, vol. 9 (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1983), pp. 626-628. http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A090629b.htm. Details
Journal Articles
- Knox, E.W., 'obituary of E.W. Knox in presidential address by R.W. Challinor', Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales, 68 (1934), 2-3. Details
- Knox, Edward W., 'On an Application of Chemical Control to a Manufacturing Business', Report of the second meeting of the Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science, 2 (1890), 372-379, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14563350. Details
Resources
- Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q21537177. Details
- 'Knox, Edward William (18470401-19330626)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1468210. 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/index_k.html. Details
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