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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 2001-05-25 human Rosanne Walker updated 2025-11-05 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P003996b.htm person Taylor Norman AACR2 2 August 1885 15 February 1960 Industrial chemist Norman Taylor was the Technical Manager and Director (1935-1946) then Managing Director (1946-1947) of ICIANZ (Imperial Chemical industry of Australia and New Zealand). He played a vital role in the great expansion of the chemical industry which took place during the war years. Some of the important developments with which he was associated were the installation of synthetic ammonia plants, the manufacture of sulphamerazine, and the installation of an entire explosives factory for the Ministry of Munitions.

After completing studies in Switzerland, Norman Taylor went to work at one of Alfred Nobel's dynamite companies in Scotland (1911-1922) and then with British South Africa Company Limited (1922-1927). In 1927 he moved to Nobel (Australasia) Pty Ltd, becoming Factory Manager at Deer Park, then Factory Superintendent of Deer Park and Leathecloth Pty Ltd from 1929. Six years later Taylor joined ICIANZ which became known as ICI Australia in 1971.

1907 1907 Education - Bachelor of Science (BSc), University of Manchester, UK 1908 1911 Education - Studied at the Zurich Polytechnic in Switzerland (PhD?) 1911 1922 Career position - Chemist at Nobel, Ardeer, Scotland 1922 1927 Career position - British South Africa Company Limited 1927 1929 Career position - Chemist to Factory Manager, Nobel (Australasia) Pty Ltd in Deer Park 1929 1935 Career position - Factory Superintendent, Nobel (Australasia) Pty Ltd in Deer Park and at Leathecloth Pty Ltd 1929 1949 Award - Fellow, Royal Australian Chemical Institute (FRACI) 1935 1946 Career position - Technical Manager and Director of ICIANZ (Imperial Chemical Industries of Australia and New Zealand) 1946 1947 Career position - Managing Director of ICIANZ Taylor, Norman (1885-1960)

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 'Taylor, Norman', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Taylor, Norman Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Resource: Technology in Australia 1788-1988 Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering Technology in Australia 1788-1988 Online Melbourne Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre 2000 Australian Botanists - Biographies Adolph Basser Library, Australian Academy of Science Australian Botanists - Biographies MS 064 Hunt Institute Biographies. Short biographies, averaging 2 pages, of Australian botanists, botanical collectors or artists. 0.24 m, 3 boxes