Hugh Whitehead (scientist)

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
  1. Robertson, P. S. "Hugh Robinson Whitehead". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 23 April 2017.
  2. "No. 43345". The London Gazette (3rd supplement). 13 June 1964. p. 4978.



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