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Heath, Bernard Verrell (1904 - 1984)

Food scientist

Born: 1904 Horsham, Victoria, Australia. Died: 24 May 1984.

Bernard Verrell Heath founded his own Consulting Chemist and Public Analyst Laboratory, Bernard Heath & Associates in 1928. He was heavily involved in the establishment of the first Food Science and Technology course at the Melbourne Technical College (now Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology) and was also one of the first part-time lecturers in this course.

Career Highlights

Chronology
c. 1924 - 1928 Scientist with the Health Department laboratories
1928 - ? Bernard Heath & Associates, Consulting Chemist and Public Analyst Laboratory established
1935 - 1939 Food Scientist at Smedley's Food Cannery and a flavour manufacturing concern in England
1939 - 1945 War service with the Chemical Warfare Section of the Australian Army
c. 1946 - 1957? Lecturer (part-time) in Food Microbiology at the University of Melbourne
1958 - 1959 Adviser to the Jamaican Government on food laws

Structure based on ISAAR(CPF) - click here for an explanation of the fields.

Prepared by: Rosanne Walker
Created: 29 August 1997
Modified: 28 August 2006

Published by The University of Melbourne eScholarship Research Centre on ASAPWeb, 1994 - 2007
Originally published 1994-1999 by Australian Science Archives Project, 1999-2006 by the Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre
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