Dictionary of Sydney

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Threlfall, Richard

Physicist and chemical engineer whose determination to establish a programme of research was to make the University of Sydney a major centre for research into explosives and electrical power technology.

Milestone
Born
Hollowforth, Lancashire, England
14 Aug 1861
Arrived Sydney
1886
Died
Birmingham, West Midlands, England
10 Jul 1932
Occupation
Position
1886 - 1898
1894 - 1895