CHILD, Dr Reginald, 1946-c. 1985

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Comprises:

(fols. i-viii) personal data sheet and correspondence with the Oxford Development Records Project (ODRP)
(fols. 1-18) responses to aide-mémoire
(fol. 19) list of items enclosed with responses
(item 1) Soap-making by the cold process, Leaflet No. 10, Coconut Research Institute, Sri Lanka, 1968 (reprint)
(item 2) 'The cocoa industry's hundred years', by R. Child, The Times of Ceylon, 13 Jul 1946 (photocopy)
(item 3) 'The tea industry of East Africa', by T. Eden, World Crops, 6(5), 1954 (photocopy of reprint)
(item 4) 'Fluorine in tea', note by R. Child (typescript)
(item 5) 'Fluorine in tea', by R. Child, photocopy of typescript
(item 6) 'Fluorine in East African teas: preliminary report', by R. Child (photocopy of typescript)
(item 7) 'Report on Ocean Island', by R. Child, 1975 (typescript)
(item 8) 'Report on the Fiji tea project', by R. Child, c. 1970 (typescript copy)
(item 9) 'Report on coconut research in Fiji', by R. Child, 1970 (typescript copy)
(item 10) 'Report on the Seychelles tea project', by R. Child, 1965 (typescript copy)
(item 11) 'Notes on a visit to the Gilbert and Ellice Islands Colony', by R. Child, 1969 (typescript copy).

Dates

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MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 476 (8)

Career details:

Ceylon (Sri Lanka): Research Chemist, later Director of Ceylon Coconut Research Institute, 1931-1949
Kenya: Senior Chemist, later Director, Tea Research Institute of East Africa, 1950-1961
Overseas Development Agency: Advisory visits on coconut production to Fiji, Seychelles, Thailand, Jamaica, Gilbert and Ellice Islands (Tuvalu and Kiribati), Malaysia, Sri Lanka, and Kenya, 1961-1974.