Hugh Robinson Whitehead OBE (11 November 1899 – 13 March 1983) was a New Zealand biochemist, microbiologist and scientific administrator. He was born in Leeds, Yorkshire, England, in 1899. He was the director of the Dairy Research Institute in Palmerston North, which is now the Fonterra Research and Development Centre.[1][2]
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Career
editBetween 1933 and 1935, Whitehead and his colleagues identified a bacteriophage as the cause of failure in cheese starter isolates, which had significant, positive commercial outcomes for the New Zealand dairy industry.[1][3]
Awards
editIn the 1964 Queen's Birthday Honours, Whitehead was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire.[4]
References
edit- ^ a b Robertson, P. S. "Hugh Robinson Whitehead". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 23 April 2017.
- ^ Galloway, Jill (17 May 2017). "Fonterra cheese starter cultures date back to 1930s in Palmerston North library". Stuff. Retrieved 12 April 2023.
- ^ Hill, Jeremy (2003). "The Fonterra Research Centre". International Journal of Dairy Technology. 56 (3): 127–132. doi:10.1046/j.1471-0307.2003.00111.x.
- ^ "No. 43345". The London Gazette (3rd supplement). 13 June 1964. p. 4978.
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