DEATH IN ENGLAND
RENOWNED CHEMIST
DR. JOSEPH W. MELLOR
(By Telegraph—Press Association.)
DUNEDIN, This Day.
Private advice, received in Dunedin reports the death of Dr. Joseph William Mellor, aged 68, formerly a boot clicker in Sargood's Dunedin factory. He won renown in the chemical world in Britain, becoming a worth authority on ceramics. While following his humble occupation he studied chemistry at the University under the late Professor Black and won an Exhibition Scholarship which enabled him to go to England. He applied his knowledge to the pottery industry, becoming consulting chemist to leading firms. Dr. Mellor, who retired three years ago, was the author of a monumental work of 16 volumes on inorganic theoretical chemistry and several other works. During the war his knowledge proved very valuable to Britain, particularly in steel manufacture. For this he took neither a pecuniary nor titular reward. He is survived by a widow, whom he married the year he left Dunedin.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXV, Issue 125, 30 May 1938, Page 10
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