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Pearson, Alfred Naylor (1856 - 1933)

Chemist and Agriculturalist

Born: 17 May 1856 Halton, Yorkshire, England. Died: 5 August 1933 Brighton, Victoria, Australia.

Alfred Naylor Pearson was educated at the Royal School of Mines in London. He held a variety of professional positions in India including Professor of Biology at the University of Kutch; Curator of the Victoria and Albert Museum (Kutch, 1878) and shortly afterwards became resident engineer of an Indian mining company. In 1885 Pearson migrated to Australia where he worked as a chemist for government departments and was particularly active in experimental agriculture. He wrote "Manures and Manuring" in 1895 and many popular articles for newspapers. He set up a demonstration farm, Holton Grange, in 1907 but it was unsuccessful.

Career Highlights

Chronology
1877 - 1878 Worked on developing the mineral resources of Kutch, India
1878 - c. 1883 Professor of Biology at the University of Kutch and Curator of the Victoria and Albert Museum in Kutch
1883 - c. 1885 Temprary Head of the meterorological department in West India
1885 University Examiner in Melbourne
1886 - 1902 Chemist for government departments
1888 Member of the royal commission on the introduction of contagious diseases amongst rabbits
1889 Search for Knowledge and Other Papers published
1890 Member of the Intercolonial Rust in Wheat Conference
1895 - 1896 Gave evidence to the inquiry into the butter industry in Victoria
1902 - 1907 Head of the Department of Agriculture in Natal, South Africa

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Prepared by: Rosanne Walker
Created: 30 June 1997
Modified: 18 October 2006

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