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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 2022-08-18 human Helen Cohn updated 2025-02-04 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P007076b.htm person Kerr Henry William AACR2 18 May 1901 9 July 1993 Place of Birth Randwick, New South Wales, Australia Place of Death Brisbane, Queensland, Australia Sugar technologist Food technologist Soil expert Bill Kerr was a sugar technologist who became Director of the Queensland Bureau of Sugar Experiment Stations in 1933 and later of the Sugar Research Institute. His research interests lay mainly in soil chemistry. While at the Bureau he introduced field fertility trials and soil experiments, with rigorous statistical analysis of the results. The Bureau was probably Australia's first agricultural organisation to adopt randomised design and analysis of experiments as the norm. In addition Kerr also sought to improve yield in the industry by instigating an outreach program to inform growers of cultivation methods and the benefit of fertilizers. Part of the program was the publication of the Cane growers' quarterly bulletin from 1933. Among his publications was The Queensland cane growers' handbook (1939) written with A. F. Bell. Kerr was a co-founder, and later President, of the Queensland Society of Sugar Cane Technologists. During WWII he was seconded to the Commonwealth Department of Supply and Shipping as chief food technologist responsible for supervising the production of foodstuffs for the armed forces. In retirement, as a sugar industry consultant, Kerr was involved in overseas sugar production programs, including in Iran, Malaysia, Sri Lanka and Jamaica. 1917 Career position - Junior Assistant, Agricultural Chemical Laboratory, Brisbane 1924 1924 Award - Awarded 4-year scholarship for overseas study by Bureau of Sugar Experiment Stations, Queensland 1924 1924 Education - Bachelor of Science (BSc), University of Queensland 1926 1926 Education - Master of Science (MSc), University of Queensland 1927 1927 Education - Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), University of Wisconsin, Amdison, Wisconsin, U.S.A. 1928 1929 Career position - Chief chemist, Bureau of Sugar Experiment Stations, Queensland 1929 1933 Career position - Head, Division of Soils and Agriculture, Queensland Bureau of Sugar Experiment Stations 1933 1945 Career position - Director, Bureau of Sugar Experiment Stations 1939 1939 Career position - President, Queensland Society of Sugar Cane Technologists 1943 1944 Career event - Seconded to Commonwealth Department of Supply and Shipping as chief food technologist responsible for supervising factories producing foodstuffs for the armed forces 1947 1949 Career position - Industrial chemist, Beecham Group Ltd 1949 1961 Career position - Director, Sugar Research Institute, Mackay, Queensland 1961 1979 Award - Life Member, Queensland Society of Sugar Cane Technologists 1979 1993 Award - Life Member, Australian Society of Sugar Cane Technologists Sugar Research Institute (1949 - )

Director 1949 - 1961

 Australian Society of Sugar Cane Technologists (1979 - )

Life Member 1979 -1993

 Queensland Society of Sugar Cane Technologists (1929 - 1979)

President 1939; Life Member 1961 - 1979

 Bureau of Sugar Experiment Stations, Colony and State of Queensland (1900 - 2003)

Director 1933 - 1945

 'Kerr, Henry William (Bill)', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Kerr, Henry William (Bill) Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Book: The Queensland cane growers' handbook Kerr, H. W.; and Bell, A. F. The Queensland cane growers' handbook Brisbane Bureau of Sugar Experiment Stations 1939 Book: The long view: the history of the Sugar Research Institute 1949 - 1999 Reid, Jane Ferrier The long view: the history of the Sugar Research Institute 1949 - 1999 Mackay, Qld Sugar Research Institute 1999 Journal Article: Introduction of statistical design and analysis by the Queensland Bureau of Sugar Experiment Stations Kerr, John D. Introduction of statistical design and analysis by the Queensland Bureau of Sugar Experiment Stations 1988 Australian Journal of Statistics 30 B 44-53 Book Section: Kerr, Henry William (Bill) (1901 - 1993), sugar technologist and research institute director Griggs, Peter D. Kerr, Henry William (Bill) (1901 - 1993), sugar technologist and research institute director Canberra Australian National University Press 2021 Australian dictionary of biography, volume 19: 1991 - 1995 A-Z Melanie Nolan 468-9