Hugh Whitehead (scientist)

Hugh Robinson Whitehead OBE (11 November 1899 – 13 March 1983) was a New Zealand biochemist, microbiologist and scientific administrator. He was born in Leeds, Yorkshire, England, in 1899. He was the director of the Dairy Research Institute in Palmerston North, which is now the Fonterra Research and Development Centre.^[1]^[2]

^ Robertson, P. S. "Hugh Robinson Whitehead". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 23 April 2017.
^ Galloway, Jill (17 May 2017). "Fonterra cheese starter cultures date back to 1930s in Palmerston North library". Stuff. Retrieved 12 April 2023.

[DNZB_Whitehead-1] Robertson, P. S. "Hugh Robinson Whitehead". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 23 April 2017.

[Stuff-cultures-2017-2] Galloway, Jill (17 May 2017). "Fonterra cheese starter cultures date back to 1930s in Palmerston North library". Stuff. Retrieved 12 April 2023.

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