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in research. In 1909 he took up residence at the
Parafield Experimental Farm, where he was responsible for the breeding of several new varieties of wheat. He acted as Director of Agriculture for a few months in 1911 between the resignation of Angus and the appointment of Professor
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to George Edwin
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in 1907. His teaching duties took him to Moonta Mines and Port
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He was, from 1935 to 1936, the first president of the
Australian Institute of Agricultural Science. (Prof. J.A. Prescott was the first president of the South Australian branch).
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He married Lilian Moonta Lucas (4 April 1879 â 30 June 1976) on 30 September 1909. Lilian, a noted concert singer, was also composer of a song which she presented to the
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called "one of the most talented students which the
University of Adelaide has produced" he achieved his BA in 1907, BSc (Agric) in 1908 and MA in 1909. His thesis on "
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In 1924 he accepted the position of Waite
Professor of Agriculture with the University of Adelaide and returned to South Australia to become the first Director of the
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Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University,
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was in no doubt both resignations were protests against
Government interference in the functioning of the organisation, envisaged by its founder
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in May 1849, was proprietor of Port Road Steam Works in 1881, and inventor of an improved brick-making machine. an improved direct-action
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