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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 1997-06-30 human Rosanne Walker updated 2024-10-23 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P002481b.htm person Pearson Alfred Naylor AACR2 17 May 1856 5 August 1933 Place of Birth Halton, Yorkshire, England Place of Death Brighton, Victoria, Australia Chemist Agriculturalist Alfred Pearson was educated at the Royal School of Mines in London. He held a variety of professional positions in India including Professor of Biology at the University of Kutch; Curator of the Victoria and Albert Museum (Kutch, 1878) and shortly afterwards became resident engineer of an Indian mining company. In 1885 Pearson migrated to Australia where he worked as a chemist for government departments and was particularly active in experimental agriculture. He wrote "Manures and Manuring" in 1895 and many popular articles for newspapers. He set up a demonstration farm, Holton Grange, in 1907 but it was unsuccessful. 1877 1878 Career position - Worked on developing the mineral resources of Kutch, India 1878 c. 1883 Career position - Professor of Biology, University of Kutch and Curator of the Victoria and Albert Museum in Kutch 1883 c. 1885 Career position - Temporary Head of the meteorological department in West India 1885 1885 Career position - University Examiner in Melbourne 1886 1902 Career position - Chemist for government departments 1888 1888 Career position - Member of the royal commission on the introduction of contagious diseases amongst rabbits 1889 1889 Career position - Search for Knowledge and Other Papers published 1890 1890 Career position - Member of the Intercolonial Rust in Wheat Conference 1895 1896 Career position - Gave evidence to the inquiry into the butter industry in Victoria 1902 1907 Career position - Head of the Department of Agriculture in Natal, South Africa

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 'Pearson, Alfred Naylor', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Pearson, Alfred Naylor Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Journal Article: A.N. Pearson Pearson, A.N. A.N. Pearson Melbourne Printed for Phillips, Ormonde and Co. by G.A. Green 1897 The Scientific Australian : a popular quarterly journal devoted to the arts and industries 2 37 Journal Article: Notes on Some Simple Laboratory Contrivances Pearson, A.N. Notes on Some Simple Laboratory Contrivances Sydney Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science 1898 Report of the seventh meeting of the Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science 7 339 Journal Article: Note on the Correspondence Between the Results of the Chemical Analysis of a Soil and its Productiveness Pearson, A.N. Note on the Correspondence Between the Results of the Chemical Analysis of a Soil and its Productiveness Sydney Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science 1898 Report of the seventh meeting of the Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science 7 947-952 Journal Article: Science and Farming. Pearson, A.N. Science and Farming. 1889 The Journal of the National Agricultural Society of Victoria (March issue 11-12, No. 45, pp. 11-12 Journal Article: Analyses of Soils Pearson, A.N. Analyses of Soils Melbourne A.E. Massina 1887 The Australasian Journal of Pharmacy 2 394-395