The Dictionary of Australasian Biography/Lowrie, William
Lowrie, William, M.A., B.Sc., graduated M.A. at Edinburgh University in 1883, and in Nov. 1887 was appointed Professor of Agriculture, and Principal of the Agricultural College under the Government of South Australia. In Jan. 1888 he became a member of the Central Agricultural Bureau, and in the same year the University of Adelaide conferred on him the honorary degree of M.A.