Biographical entry Grimwade, Edward Norton (1866 - 1945)

Summary

Edward Norton Grimwade, like his brothers, Harold and Wilfred, was a successful business man who helped advance Australia's pharmaceutical, glass, plastics and chemical manufacturing industries. After completing his pharmacy apprenticeship in London and Melbourne, he was made a partner of Felton, Grimwade & Co. in 1889. In 1910 when their father Frederick Sheppard Grimwade die, he and his two brothers inherited the company. They also inherited substantial interests in their father's many other businesses which included Felton Grimwade & Bickford's of Perth, J. Bosisto & Co., Cuming Smith & Co. Ltd, the Adelaide Chemical and Fertilizer Co. Ltd, and the Melbourne Glass Bottle Works Pty Ltd (later Australian Glass Manufacturers Ltd). In 1912 they established Australian Oxygen Co. which became known as Australian Oxygen and Industrial Gases Pty Ltd. In around 1920. When Drug Houses of Australia Ltd was formed Edward Grimwade was appointed chairman. He was instrumental in promoting and refining the Grimwade businesses.

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1883 - 1886

Education - Apprenticed to a firm of druggists in London

1886 - 1889

Career position - Returned to Melbourne to work at his father's company Felton Grimwade & Co.

1889 -

Career position - Partner of Felton Grimwade & Co.

1910 -

Career position - Chairman of the Felton Bequests Committee

1910

Career position - Co-founded Australian Oxygen Co. with his brothers

1912

Career position - President of the Chamber of Commerce

1915

Career position - Chairman of Australian Glass Manufacturers Ltd

1929

Career position - Carba Dry Ice (Australia) Ltd established

c. 1929 - c. 1937

Career position - Chairman of Drug Houses of Australia Ltd.

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Published resources

Book Sections

• Poynter, J. R., 'Grimwade, Edward Norton (1866-1945)', in Bede Nairn and Geoffrey Serle (eds), Australian Dictionary of Biography, vol. 9, Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 1983, pp. 126-128. Also available at http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A090122b.htm. Details

Journal Articles

• Grimwade, E. Norton, 'A Kino from Eucalyptus maculata', The Australasian Journal of Pharmacy, vol. 1, A.E. Massina, Melbourne, 1886, pp. 279-280. Details

Online Resources

• National Library of Australia, 'Grimwade, Edward Norton', Trove, National Library of Australia and the Australian National Maritime Museum Darling Harbour, 2009, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1469625. Details