Person
Perkins, Arthur James (1871 - 1944)
- Born
- 11 May 1871
Ramleh, Alexandria, Egypt - Died
- 23 June 1944
South Australia, Australia - Occupation
- Agricultural scientist and Viticulturist
Summary
Arthur Perkins was the South Australian Director of Agriculture 1914-1936. In 1892 he was recruited from Tunisia to be a member of South Australia's Central Agricultural Bureau and Government Viticulturist based at Roseworthy Agricultural College.
Details
Chronology
- 1914 - 1936
- Career position - Director of Agriculture, South Australian Department of Agriculture
- 1921 -
- Career position - Foundation Councillor (Agriculture), Australian National Research Council
- 1921
- Career position - President, Section K (Agriculture), Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science
- 1928
- Career position - President, Section K (Agriculture), Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science
Related entries
Archival resources
Adolph Basser Library, Australian Academy of Science
- Australian Botanists - Biographies, MS 064; Adolph Basser Library, Australian Academy of Science. Details
State Library of South Australia, Mortlock Library of South Australiana
- Arthur James Perkins - Records, 1892 - 1936, PRG 496; State Library of South Australia, Mortlock Library of South Australiana. Details
Published resources
Books
- Perkins, Arthur James, The Personal Letterbooks of Professor A.J. Perkins, Government Viticulturist in South Australia, 1890-1901: (Later, Principal of Roseworth Agricultural College and Director of Agriculture) (Roseworthy, S.A.: Roseworhty Agricultural College, 1982). Details
Book Sections
- Daniels, J. G., 'Perkins, Arthur James (1871-1944), Agricultural Scientist and Viticulturist' in Australian Dictionary of Biography, Geoffrey Serle, ed., vol. 11 (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1988), pp. 201-202. http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A110207b.htm. Details
Resources
- Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q21535783. Details
- VIAF - Virtual International Authority File, OCLC, https://viaf.org/viaf/41772134. Details
- 'Perkins, Arthur J (1871-1944)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-631514. Details
McCarthy, G.J.
Created: 20 October 1993, Last modified: 24 January 2024
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