Joseph William Mellor. 1869-1938

Abstract

With the passing of Joseph William Mellor on 24 May science lost an outstanding worker. The clay industries of this country lost a great leader, a pioneer in clay technology, appreciated alike for his high endeavour, achievement, and astuteness. Mellor was born at Huddersfield in 1869. When ten years old he was taken by his parents to New Zealand. During his youth he worked in a boot factory and took classes in the evenings at the Dunedin Technical School. At twenty-three he matriculated and a year later entered the University of Otago. After graduating and serving as a science lecturer a t an agricultural college he was awarded an 1851 Exhibition which took him to the University of Manchester in 1899