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Perkins married Mary Ethel Haslam at Geelong, Victoria on 7 March 1900<ref name=adb/> and had a home at 44 Marlborough Street, [[Brighton, South Australia]]. |
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Their son,<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article92805194 |title=Out Among The People |newspaper=[[The Chronicle (Adelaide)|The Chronicle]] |volume=LXXXVII |issue=((4,939)) |location=Adelaide |date=17 August 1944 |access-date=14 February 2024 |page=35 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> Dr Horace James Perkins (1901–1986), was a talented musician and teacher of music.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article215202181 |title=Successful Teacher of Music |newspaper=[[Glenelg Guardian]] |volume=XV |issue=814 |date=20 December 1928 |access-date=14 February 2024 |page=4 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> |
Their son,<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article92805194 |title=Out Among The People |newspaper=[[The Chronicle (Adelaide)|The Chronicle]] |volume=LXXXVII |issue=((4,939)) |location=Adelaide |date=17 August 1944 |access-date=14 February 2024 |page=35 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> Dr Horace James Perkins (1901–1986), was a talented musician and teacher of music.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article215202181 |title=Successful Teacher of Music |newspaper=[[Glenelg Guardian]] |volume=XV |issue=814 |date=20 December 1928 |access-date=14 February 2024 |page=4 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> |
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Perkins, an archetypal "[[absent-minded professor]]",<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article234431434 |title=Gossip |newspaper=[[Smith's Weekly]] |volume=VI |issue=13 |date=17 May 1924 |access-date=14 February 2024 |page=15 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> was proficient in Arabic, French and Italian, and a scholar of Latin and classical Greek.<ref name=adb/> In quiet moments at Roseworthy he was known to amuse himself by producing original translations of Greek classics. |
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An archetypal "[[absent-minded professor]]",<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article234431434 |title=Gossip |newspaper=[[Smith's Weekly]] |volume=VI |issue=13 |date=17 May 1924 |access-date=14 February 2024 |page=15 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> Perkins was fluent in Arabic, French and Italian, and a scholar of Latin and classical Greek.<ref name=adb/> In quiet moments at Roseworthy he was known to amuse himself by producing original translations of Greek classics. |
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He died at a private hospital in [[Glenelg, South Australia|Glenelg]], and his remains privately interred in [[St Jude's cemetery, Brighton]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article43209658 |title=Prof. Perkins Dead |newspaper=[[The Advertiser (Adelaide)|The Advertiser]] |volume=LXXXVI |issue=26747 |location=Adelaide |date=24 June 1944 |access-date=14 February 2024 |page=6 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> |
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Revision as of 22:10, 14 February 2024
Arthur James Perkins (11 May 1871 – 23 June 1944) was a viticulturist, important in the early history of South Australia's wine industry. He was headmaster of Roseworthy Agricultural College for ten years, and credited with developing many leaders in primary production.
History
Perkins was born in Ramleh, Egypt,[a] a son of Anna Edith Perkins, née Barker, and William Edmund Perkins (1848–1915), a Reuters agent. He was educated at St Louis College, Carthage, St Charles College, Tunis, All Saints' School, Bloxham, England, and the École Nationale d'Agriculture at Montpellier, France, with a special interest in viticulture. By this time his father was managing a French energy company in Tunisia, and Perkins found employment managing several properties in that country.[1]
He was in Tunis when, on the strong recommendation of Mons. G. de Foix, Director of the School of Agriculture, Montpellier, he was offered the position of chief viticulturist to the South Australian government.[2] He was appointed Professor of Viticulture in South Australia in 1892,[3] over the protests of those who wanted someone with local knowledge.[4]
- "Our soils and climates could produce wine equal to any, and what we wanted chiefly at present was some one to advise our vignerons in winemaking. We wanted to build up a large export trade, by which alone we could hope to extend the industry to the fullest possible extent, and the export of inferior quality wine might do more to cripple our viticultural industry than anything else. It would be very inadvisable to confine the selection of an expert to residents of South Australia or any of the other colonies." (Richard Butler)[4]
The government expected that the professor would establish an experimental vineyard and orchard in conjunction with Roseworthy College, and instruct the students. He would visit South Australia's vineyards and orchards and give advice and instruction to farmers on viticulture and fruitgrowing. He would be attached to the college, with quarters there, and draw a salary of £850 per annum. He would be responsible to Professor William Lowrie, but have a free hand as to his own movements and program.[5] Perkins, then 19 years of age, arrived in Adelaide aboard the Arcadia on 17 July 1892. In 1894 he was appointed inspector under the Vine, Fruit, and Vegetable Protection Act. In 1899 he was, with Maurice William Holtze (shortly to be replaced by George Quin), one of two government appointees to the original Phylloxera Board, whose other members were Thomas Hardy, George Fullerton Cleland, Henry Maydwell Martin, William Patrick Auld, Hermann Büring, and Benno Seppelt. He was appointed Principal of Roseworthy College in 1904 and in 1914 promoted to Director of Agriculture, replacing for Professor Lowrie.[6] He retired in 1936, and was awarded an OBE in 1937.
Personal
Perkins married Mary Ethel Haslam at Geelong, Victoria on 7 March 1900[1] and had a home at 44 Marlborough Street, Brighton, South Australia. Their son,[7] Dr Horace James Perkins (1901–1986), was a talented musician and teacher of music.[8]
An archetypal "absent-minded professor",[9] Perkins was fluent in Arabic, French and Italian, and a scholar of Latin and classical Greek.[1] In quiet moments at Roseworthy he was known to amuse himself by producing original translations of Greek classics.
He died at a private hospital in Glenelg, and his remains privately interred in St Jude's cemetery, Brighton.[10]
Notes
- ^ Ramleh was a seaside resort town to the east of Alexandria, not to be confused with Ramleh in Palestine.
References
- ^ a b c J. G. Daniels. "Perkins, Arthur James (1871–1944)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Canberra: National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. ISBN 978-0-522-84459-7. ISSN 1833-7538. OCLC 70677943. Retrieved 14 February 2024.
- ^ "Bureau of Agriculture". Adelaide Observer. Vol. XLVIII, no. 2586. 25 April 1891. p. 10. Retrieved 14 February 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Other S.A. Recipients". The Advertiser. Adelaide. 11 May 1937. p. 24. Retrieved 14 February 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ a b "The Parliament". South Australian Register. Vol. LVI, no. 14,034. 5 November 1891. p. 6. Retrieved 14 February 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "The Government Viticulturist". The Express And Telegraph. Vol. XXIX, no. 8,594. 18 July 1892. p. 2. Retrieved 14 February 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "The Agricultural Department". The Journal. Vol. XLIX, no. 13440. Adelaide. 18 June 1914. p. 1. Retrieved 14 February 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Out Among The People". The Chronicle. Vol. LXXXVII, no. 4,939. Adelaide. 17 August 1944. p. 35. Retrieved 14 February 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Successful Teacher of Music". Glenelg Guardian. Vol. XV, no. 814. 20 December 1928. p. 4. Retrieved 14 February 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Gossip". Smith's Weekly. Vol. VI, no. 13. 17 May 1924. p. 15. Retrieved 14 February 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Prof. Perkins Dead". The Advertiser. Vol. LXXXVI, no. 26747. Adelaide. 24 June 1944. p. 6. Retrieved 14 February 2024 – via National Library of Australia.