The Indian Biographical Dictionary (1915)/Mann, Harold Hart
Mann, Harold Hart, D.Sc, F.I.C., F.I.S., Principal, College of Agriculture, Poona; s. of late W. E. Mann of York; b. 1872; educ: Elmfield School, York, and Pasteur Institute, Paris; joined service as Chemical Assistant for Research, Royal Agricultural Society, 1898-00; Scientific Officer, India Tea Association, 1900-7; Principal, College of Agriculture, and Agricultural Chemist to the Government of Bombay, since 1907; attended the 2nd Session of the Indian Science Congress held at Madras where he delivered an Address on “The Lines of Development of Indian Agriculture”, January 1915. Publications: ‘The Pests and Blights of the Tea Plant’, and a number of minor ones dealing on questions relating to culture and manufacture of tea (in conjunction with Sir G. Watt). Recreation: Social study. Address: College of Agriculture, Poona, India. Club: Calcutta.