Hugh Whitehead (scientist)
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Hugh Robinson Whitehead OBE (11 November 1899 – 13 March 1983) was a notable 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.[1]
In the 1964 Queen's Birthday Honours, Whitehead was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire.[2]
References
- ^ Robertson, P. S. "Hugh Robinson Whitehead". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 23 April 2017.
- ^ "No. 43345". The London Gazette (3rd supplement). 13 June 1964. p. 4978.