Cedric Stanton Hicks
Cedric Stanton Hicks | |
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Born | Mosgiel, New Zealand | 2 June 1892
Died | 7 February 1976 | (aged 83)
Alma mater | University of Otago |
Occupation(s) | Professor, pharmacologist, physiologist |
Sir Cedric Stanton Hicks (2 June 1892 – 7 February 1976) was an Australian
Biography
Hicks was born in
During World War II Hicks founded the Australian Army Catering Corps and served as its commander from 1943.[2] Hicks worked closely with the Australian Army Catering Corps as an adviser on nutrition and was on the Defence Department's Scientific Advisory Committee as its advisor on foodstuffs.
In 1953, Hicks co-authored a book on organic farming with colonel H. F. White, Life From the Soil.[3] A prolific author, in 1972 he published a book on his wartime catering experience under the title, Who Called the Cook a Bastard?.
He died in 1976 in Glen Osmond, South Australia.
Selected publications
- Life From the Soil (with H. F. White, 1953)
- Who Called the Cook a Bastard? (1972)
References
- ISBN 1-877135-11-9.
- ^ "Feeding the men". Australia under attack 1942-43: Mobilisation. Australian War Memorial. Retrieved 7 November 2007.
- ^ Paull, John (2013). "A history of the organic agriculture movement in Australia". In: Bruno Mascitelli, and Antonio Lobo (Eds.) Organics in the Global Food Chain. pp. 37-61
Nash, Heather (1996). "Hicks, Sir Cedric Stanton (1892 - 1976)".