Name: Thorburn Brailsford ROBERTSON
Also known as:
Born: 1884 At: Edinburgh, SCT Sex: M
Christened: At:
Died: 18 Jan 1930 At: Glenelg, SA, AUS Cause:
Burial /cremation: At:
Parents: Father: ? Mother: ?
Spouse/partner: Jane Winifred STIRLING Born: 1881 Died: 5 Jan 1966
Married: 1 Jul 1910 At: Res of Edward C Stirling, Mount Lofty, SA, AUS
Children: m,  m

Biographical notes:


Son of Thorburn Robertson.
Migrated to SA, AUS 1892. BSc, University of Adelaide 1905. PhD, Berkeley 1907. DSc, University of Adelaide 1908. Professor at Berkeley 1917. Professor of Biochemistry Toronto 1918. Professor of Biochemistry & General Physiology at University of Adelaide 1919. Set up first manufacture of insulin in Australia at University of Adelaide in 1923, devising a method to produce more cheaply & in greater volume.Director of Waite Agricultural Research Institute at time of death from influenza & pneumonia.
Reference documents:
1910 marriage registration index record.
1930 death registration index record.