Biographical entry Wadham, Samuel MacMahon (1891 - 1972)

Sir, Captain, Emeritus Professor

Born: 31 October 1891
Ealing, London, England
Died: 1972
Parkville, Victoria, Australia
Occupation: Academic and Professor of Agriculture
Summary: MA Camb. and Melb., (Hons) LLD, AgrDip Camb.
University of Melbourne, Chairman of the Professional Board 1941 to 1943.
University of Melbourne, Professor Faculty of Agriculture from 1926 to 1957.
University of Melbourne, Faculty of Agriculture Dean from 1930 to c.1950.

c. 1909: Education - Merchant Taylors School, London
c. 1910: Education - Christ's College, University of Cambridge
1914: Education - Berlin, Germany
1914 - 1919: Military - 28th Battalion of the London Regiment and 8th Battalion Durham light infantry
1919: Life Event - Marriage
1919 - 1926: Occupation - Demonstrator in Botany, University of Cambridge
1926: Life Event - Immigration to Australia
1926 - 1957: University of Melbourne - Professor, Faculty of Agriculture
1930 - c. 1950: University of Melbourne - Dean, Faculty of Agriculture
1941 - 1943: University of Melbourne - Chairman of the Professional Board
c. 1950 - 1957: University of Melbourne - Chair of Extension Committee
1956: Honours - Knighted

Wadham, Samuel MacMahon, Who's Who in Australia, 1947 : biographical sketches and photos of representative commercial, professional, financial, pastoral, and business men of Australia, International Press Service Association, International Press Service Association, 1935, 838 pp. Details
Samuel MacMahon Wadham MA, Smith's Weekly, 1945, 13 pp, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article234642500. Details
Humphreys, L. R., Wadham, Sir Samuel Macmahon (1891-1972), Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre for Biography, Australian National University, 2002, http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/wadham-sir-samuel-macmahon-11930. Details

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