Lafferty, Henry Aloysius (1891-1954)--DB5152
Biographical Notes
Date of birth and date of death
10.05.1891-1954
Maiden name, place of origin
Ardstraw, Tyrone
Marital status, religious denomination, children
Social background, family connections
Education, occupation and public functions
Education
University College Dublin: DSc. 1938; Royal College of Science: Fellow 1923; Member of the Royal Irish Academy (MRIA); RCScl 1909-1912; Albert Agricultural College 1908-1909; Christian Brother's School, Omagh; St. Colomb's College, Derry; Ardstraw National School
Occupation
Department of Agriculture and Technical Instruction (DATI)/Department of Agriculture: Head of the seed testing station and the economic botany division 1923-1954, Junior Agricultural Inspector 1921-1923, assistant in the seeds and plants division -1921, research scholar under Pethybridge 1912-
Functions in agricultural institutions
International Seed Testing Association: President 1950-1954; ASA: President 1944
Functions in other institutions
Political activities
Short Biography
References
Own publications
Sources
- Curran, P. L. (ed.), Towards the History of Agricultural Science in Ireland, Dublin 1992
- Hoctor, Daniel, The Department's History, Dublin 1971, p. 261f
- Irish Farmers' Journal, 30.05.1953, p. 1; 31.07.1954, p. 13
- McCarthy Vincent, The Formative Years of Seed Testing in Ireland, 1996, p. 37
- ARH file no. 3374