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Mr PN Russell, a generous donor to the Sydney University 1895

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[The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser, 7 December 1895, p1171 via Trove]

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Russell, Peter Nicol

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.

Engineering disciplines

Universities and Colleges

Charity and Philanthropy

Vocational education

Russell, Peter Nicol

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Engineer, foundry owner, philanthropist and university benefactor.