Biographical entry Tooth, Robert (1821 - 1893)

Summary

Robert Tooth began the merchant and brewing firm of R. and E. Tooth in 1843, when he leased his uncle's brewery. He also had a number of other business interests in both Australia and England, including a partnership at Yengarie near Maryborough, Queensland, where from 1865 they experimented with meat preserving and in 1870 won a prize at the Intercolonial Exhibition in Sydney.

Published resources

Book Sections

• Walsh, G. P., 'Tooth, Robert (1821-1893), Edwin (1822-1858) and Frederick (1827-1893), merchants, pastoralists and brewers', in Bede Nairn (ed.), Australian Dictionary of Biography, vol. 6, Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 1976, pp. 285-286. Also available at http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A060305b.htm. Details

Journal Articles

• Tooth, Robert, 'Improvements in the mode of, and apparatus for, manufacturing sugar (Patent, 4 May, 1874)', Specifications of Letters of Registration of Patents for Inventions - South Australia , vol. 2, no. 196, 1868-74, p. 4. Details

Online Resources

• National Library of Australia, 'Tooth, Robert', Trove, National Library of Australia and the Australian National Maritime Museum Darling Harbour, 2009, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1465634. 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=P004011. Details