Person

White, Montgomery (1905 - 1955)

Born: 8 August 1905
Fischerton, Queensland, Australia
Died: 22 September 1955
Hawthorne, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

Summary

Montgomery White was an expert in animal nutrition, with the Queensland Department of Agriculture and Stock. Under his leadership, significant advances in the understanding and treatment of animal-nutrition problems in Queensland were made, including copper and cobalt deficiencies in sheep and cattle, and fluorosis in sheep. From 1939 he was also a specialist lecturer in agriculture at the University of Queensland, and from 1947 to 1953 he was a member of the university senate and the faculty of agriculture.

Details

Chronology

1930: Award - 1851 Exhibition Overseas Scholarship

Related Themes

1851 Exhibition Scholarship Awards, Australia (1891 - )
1851 Exhibition Overseas Scholarship: 1930.

Published resources

Books

Royal Commission for the Exhibition of 1851, Record of the science research scholars of the Royal Commission for the Exhibition of 1851, 1891 - 1960 (London: The Commissioners, 1961), 107 pp. Overseas Scholarship - Entry No.67. Details

Book Sections

Bruce, Robin, 'White, Montgomery (1905-1955), agricultural chemist' in Australian dictionary of biography, volume 16: 1940 - 1980 Pik-Z, John Ritchie and Diane Langmore, eds (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 2002), pp. 532-533, https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/white-montgomery-12012. Details

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