Dictionary of Sydney

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Russell, Peter Nicol

Engineer, foundry owner, philanthropist and university benefactor.

Milestone
Born
Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland
04 Jul 1816
Arrived Sydney
1838
Died
London, England
10 Jul 1905
Occupation
Position
1855
1860
Property
Owner of
1842 - 1855
Relationship
Child of
Sibling
Sibling
Patron
1896

Russell, Peter Nicol

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Engineer and businessman Peter Nicol Russell was a force in manufacturing, importing and sales of all kinds of metal work and engineering supplies, providing components for many large projects in nineteenth-century Sydney. Although he retired to Britain, he endowed the School of Engineering at the University of Sydney, to help it produce a new generation of engineers.