A NOTABLE CAREER
DEATH OF DR J. W. MELLOR. NEW ZEALANDER WHO ROSE FROM OBSCURITY. (By Telegraph—Press Association.) DUNEDIN, This Day. Private advice received here reports the death of Dr Joseph William Mellor, aged 68. Originally a boot clicker in Sargood’s Dunedin factory, Dr Mellor won renown in Britain's chemical world, becoming a world 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. He three years ago. He was the author of a monumental work of 16 volumes on inorganic theoretical chemistry and of several other works. During the war. Dr Mellor’s knowledge proved very valuable to Britain, particularly in steel manufacture. For this he took neither a pecuniary nor a titular reward. He is survived by a wido>v, whom he married in the year in which he left Dunedin.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 31 May 1938, Page 8
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