| 词条 | Edwin Abbott (public servant) |
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| honorific-prefix = | name = Edwin Abbott | honorific-suffix = {{post-nominals|country=AUS|CBE}} | image = | image_size = | caption = | office1 = Controller-General of the Department of Trade and Customs | term_start1 = December 1933 | term_end1 = July 1944 | birth_name = | birth_date = {{Birth date|1878|11|21|df=y}} | birth_place = | death_date = {{Death date and age|1947|09|01|1878|11|21|df=y}} | death_place = Darling Point, Sydney, Australia | occupation = Public servant | years_active = | nationality = {{flagicon|Australia}} Australian | website = | parents = | siblings = | spouse = | alma_mater = | children = }} Edwin Abbott {{post-nominals|country=AUS|CBE}} (21 November 1878{{spaced endash}}1 September 1947) was a senior Australian public servant. Between 1933 and 1944, he was Controller-General of the Department of Trade and Customs. Life and careerAbbott was born on 21 November 1878.[1] He was educated at Fort Street High School in Sydney.[2] At the age of 15, he joined the New South Wales Customs Department as a clerk.[3] He entered the Commonwealth Public Service in the Department of Trade and Customs when the staff of his New South Wales department was taken over at Federation. Between 1927 and 1933, Abbott served as Deputy Controller-General of Customs. In the role he traveled to London as adviser accompanying James Scullin to the Imperial Conference. He also traveled to Canada and the United States, and he helped to prepare the 1931 Canada-Australia trade agreement. In 1932 he attended the British Empire Economic Conference in Ottawa.[4] He was promoted to the position of Contoller-General of Customs in December 1933.[5] Whilst comptroller, Abbott travelled overseas on official business once more, visiting Canada and London again to discuss improvements to the agreements made in Ottawa in 1932.[4] Abbott retired from the public service in 1944.[1] Abbott died at his home in Darling Point, Sydney on 1 September 1947 while listening to the radio. He was survived by five daughters; his wife had died around three years prior.[2] AwardsIn January 1933, Abbott was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in recognition of services to the Department of Trade and Customs.[6] References1. ^1 {{cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article17911882|title=Customs head retiring: Mr. E. Abbott's 50 years' service|newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald|date=30 June 1944|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140123001751/http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/17911882|archivedate=23 January 2014|deadurl=no}} {{s-start}}{{s-gov}}{{s-bef|before=Ernest Thomas Hall}}{{s-ttl|title=Controller-General of the Department of Trade and Customs|years=1933 – 1944}}{{s-aft|after=John Kennedy}}{{s-end}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Abbott, Edwin}}2. ^1 {{cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article2724296|title=Obituary: Mr. Edwin Abbott|newspaper=The Canberra Times|date=4 September 1947|page=3|accessdate=13 August 2015}} 3. ^{{citation|title=CP 264: Edwin ABBOTT CBE|url=http://naa12.naa.gov.au/scripts/SearchOld.asp?Number=CP+264|publisher=National Archives of Australia|accessdate=13 August 2015}} 4. ^1 {{cite news|url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/27896144|title=Mr. E. Abbott Dead: Former Customs Comptroller|date=2 September 1947|page=3|newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald}} 5. ^{{cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article2319330|title=Customs: Appointment of new Controller, Mr. Edwin Abbott|newspaper=The Canberra Times|date=5 December 1933}} 6. ^{{citation|url=http://www.itsanhonour.gov.au/honours/honour_roll/search.cfm?aus_award_id=1064889&search_type=quick&showInd=true|title=Search Australian Honours, Name: ABBOTT, Edwin, Award: The Order of the British Empire - Commander (Civil)|publisher=Australian Government|work=itsanhonour.gov.au|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150813050808/http://www.itsanhonour.gov.au/honours/honour_roll/search.cfm?aus_award_id=1064889&search_type=quick&showInd=true|archivedate=13 August 2015}} 6 : 1878 births|1947 deaths|Australian public servants|Australian Commanders of the Order of the British Empire|People educated at Fort Street High School|20th-century Australian public servants |
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