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Watt, Robert Dickie (1881 - 1965)

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Agricultural scientist

Born: 23 April 1881 Knocklandside, Ayrshire, Scotland. Died: 10 April 1965 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

(Sir) Robert Dickie Watt was the first Professor of Agriculture and Dean of the Faculty of Agriculture, University of Sydney 1910-46. After retirement he did research on Australian agricultural history and published "The romance of the Australian land industries" (1955).

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'Watt, Robert Dickie - Ms 46', in Listing of Adolph Basser Library holdings, Australian Academy of Science, 1994, http://www.science.org.au/academy/basser/lists/ms046.txt. [ Details ]

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Prepared by: McCarthy, G.J.
Created: 20 October 1993
Modified: 7 August 2006

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