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Higginson, William Arthur (1912 - 1993)

Industrial chemist

Born: 12 August 1912 Scotland. Died: 1993.

William Arthur Higginson held various supervisory roles in most of the plants of Monsanto Chemicals (Australia) ca 1946 until his retirement. From ca 1953 he was responsible for half of the chemical production plants of Monsanto in Australia.

Career Highlights

Chronology
1932 Worked at the Howard Radio Company
1933 - 1935 Scientist at the CSIRO (Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation) Division of Forest Products
1936 - 1939 Shift Supervisor at the Fabrex factory of Imperial Chemical Industries of Australia and New Zealand (ICIANZ)
1940 Supervisor of the ICIANZ Explosive factory in Deer Park, Victoria
1941 - 1945 Manager of the DDT plant of ICIANZ
1946 - Supervisory roles in most of the plants of Monsanto Chemicals (Australia)
1953 - Rresponsible for half of the chemical production plants of Monsanto in Australia

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

Prepared by: Rosanne Walker
Created: 4 September 1997
Modified: 21 June 2006

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