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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 2024-06-27 human Helen Cohn updated 2024-10-07 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P007409b.htm person Fowler Richard Hindle AACR2 13 May 1910 14 April 1996 Place of Birth Coburg, Victoria, Australia Place of Death Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Agricultural physicist Museum director Richard Fowler was an agricultural scientist whose career started in 1931 with the Victorian Department of Agriculture. His research was the investigation of soil physics and chemistry as they related to plant nutrition. In 1936 he joined the Industrial and Technological Museum as Botanical Assistant, ultimately becoming Director of the Museum's successor, the Institute of Applied Science (later the Science Museum of Victoria). Returning to the Museum after war service engaged in explosives research, Fowler became involved in new display and restoration techniques. As Director his main concerns were a rapidly expanding collection and a critical shortage of space. Fowler retired in 1975. 1931 1931 Career event - Appointed Agricultural scientist, Victorian Department Agriculture 1936 1936 Career event - Appointed Botanical Assistant, Industrial and Technological Museum 1936 1936 Education - Master of Agriculture (MAg), University of Melbourne 1955 1961 Career position - Assistant Director, Museum of Applied Science 1961 1962 Career position - Assistant Director, Institute of Applied Science 1962 1971 Career position - Director, Institute of Applied Science 1971 1975 Career position - Director, Science Museum of Victoria Museum of Applied Science, State of Victoria (1945 - 1971)

Director, Institute of Applied Science 1962 - 1971

 Science Museum of Victoria (1971 - 1983)

Director 1971 - 1975

 'Fowler, Richard Hindle', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Fowler, Richard Hindle Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Book: A Museum for the people: a History of Museum Victoria and its predecessor institutions, 1854-2000 Rasmussen, Carolyn et al. A Museum for the people: a History of Museum Victoria and its predecessor institutions, 1854-2000 Carlton North, Victoria Scribe Publications 2001