KNIBBS, Sir George Handley (1858-1929) — first Commonwealth statistician and first director of the Commonwealth institute of science and industry son of John Handley Knibbs, was born at Sydney on 13 June 1858. He joined the land survey department of New South Wales in 1877, in 1889… … Dictionary of Australian Biography
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Knibbs — /nɪbz/ (say nibz) noun Sir George Handley, 1858–1929, Australian statistician, lecturer and writer; became first Commonwealth statistician in 1906 and helped establish both the Commonwealth Bureau of Census and Statistics and in 1921 the… …
George Handley Knibbs — Sir George Handley The Knibb Knibbs CMG (June 13 1858 30 March 1929) was an Australian scientist, the first Commonwealth Statistician and the first director of the Commonwealth Institute of Science and Industry, predecessor to the CSIRO.Knibbs,… … Wikipedia
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