Agent TypePersonActivities & OccupationsBenefactorsHistorySir Peter Nicol Russell (1816-1905) b, Scotland, arr, Hobart 1832, Sydney 1838, estd. Russell Bros. foundry & engineering works & the Sydney Foundry, gaining many large public contracts. In 1895 he endowed a School of Engineering in his name at University of Sydney. This accession came to us at the wish of Thea Proctor, the artist, who was Russell's great-niece.
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Russell, Peter N.. University of Melbourne Archives, accessed 18/04/2026, https://archives.library.unimelb.edu.au/nodes/view/60525
