Person
Hargreaves, William Arthur (1866 - 1959)
- Born
- 29 October 1866
Ipswich, Queensland, Australia - Died
- 31 March 1959
St Peters, South Australia, Australia - Occupation
- Chemist
Summary
William Hargreaves was Director of the Gordon Technical College, Victoria 1891-1897 when he became Assistant Government Analyst, Queensland Mines Department. From 1899 he was the South Australian Government Analyst and Director of the new Department of Chemistry from 1916.
Related entries
Archival resources
State Library of South Australia, Mortlock Library of South Australiana
- William Arthur Hargreaves - Records, 1902 - 1955, PRG 64; State Library of South Australia, Mortlock Library of South Australiana. Details
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
- Farrall, Lyndsay, 'Hargreaves, William Arthur (1866-1959), Chemist and Government Analyst' in Australian Dictionary of Biography, Bede Nairn and Geoffrey Serle, eds, vol. 9 (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1983), pp. 198-199. http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A090195b.htm. Details
Journal Articles
- Hargreaves, W.A., 'On a Method of Shortening Certain Chemical Calculations', Report of the sixth meeting of the Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science, 6 (1895), 306-308, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/52884180. Details
Resources
- Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q21539177. Details
- VIAF - Virtual International Authority File, OCLC, https://viaf.org/viaf/93727553. Details
- 'Hargreaves, W A (1866-1959)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-581119. Details
McCarthy, G.J.
Created: 20 October 1993, Last modified: 26 February 2018
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