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Jan 01, 0001 Scotland, United Kingdom Died on 03 Sep 1893 (aged 1892)

Australian engineer and politician

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About James Harrison Engineer

  • James Harrison (17 April 1816 – 3 September 1893) was a British Australian newspaper printer, journalist, politician, and pioneer in the field of mechanical refrigeration.Harrison founded the Geelong Advertiser newspaper and was a member of the Victorian Legislative Council and Victorian Legislative Assembly.
  • Harrison is also remembered as the inventor of the mechanical refrigeration process creating ice and founder of the Victorian Ice Works and as a result, is often called "the father of refrigeration".
  • In 1873 he won a gold medal at the Melbourne Exhibition by proving that meat kept frozen for months remained perfectly edible.

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