Use Trove to find more resources by/about this Biographical entry
Biographical entry Lewis, William Howard Horatio (1868 - 1939)
- Born
- 11 March 1868
Willenhall, Staffordshire, England - Died
- 4 October 1939
Toorak, Victoria, Australia - Occupation
- Motor manufacturer
Summary
William Howard H. Lewis ran a bicycle business in Melbourne from about 1890 to 1897. He then joined Harley Tarrant and together they made the first workable petrol-driven car in Australia in 1901. Tarrant's became a proprietary company in 1907, with Lewis as managing director and as chairman of directors from 1920.
Skip to
Published resources
Book Sections
- Smith, Ann G., 'Lewis, William Howard Horatio (1868-1939)', in Bede Nairn and Geoffrey Serle (eds), Australian Dictionary of Biography, vol. 10, Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 1986, pp. 96-97. Also available at http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A100090b.htm. Details
Online Resources
- National Library of Australia, 'Lewis, William Howard Horatio', Trove, National Library of Australia and the Australian National Maritime Museum Darling Harbour, 2009, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1467664. 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=P003721. Details
Rosanne Walker
Created: 25 May 2001, Last modified: 1 August 2006
- Foundation Supporter - ARC Learned Academies' Special Projects