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Steel, Thomas (1858 - 1925)

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Chemist and Naturalist

Born: 8 September 1858 Glasgow, Lanark, Scotland. Died: 17 August 1925 Killara, New South Wales, Australia.

Thomas Steel worked as laboratory chemist for the Colonial Sugar Refining Co. from 1882. From 1892 he was a chemist at the company's head office in Sydney until he retired in 1918. A keen naturalist from boyhood, he edited the "Australian Naturalist" 1911-25.

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McKern, H. H. G., Early Chemists of Sydney, 2006, http://members.optusnet.com.au/jph8524/McKern.htm. [ Details ]

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Prepared by: McCarthy, G.J.
Created: 20 October 1993
Modified: 18 October 2006

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