Thomas Brydone

Thomas Brydone (14 April 1837–17 June 1904) was a New Zealand land-company manager, farm manager and freezing-industry developer. Born in West Linton, Peeblesshire, Scotland on 14 April 1837.[1] Brydone working with William Soltau Davidson improved the efficacy of pre-existent refrigeration technology,[2] creating the meat export industry between New Zealand and Britain in the 1880s.[3]

The first shipment left Oamaru in 1881 on the Dunedin arriving in Britain on 15 February 1882, creating New Zealand's early lead in the industry.[4] The settlement of Brydone, Southland is named after Thomas.[5]

References
  1. Palmer, Mervyn. "Thomas Brydone". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 23 April 2017.
  2. "1882, Thomas Brydone and William Davidson: Cool trade". NZ Herald. 10 October 1882. ISSN 1170-0777. Retrieved 13 January 2019.
  3. McLintock, Alexander Hare; Bernard John Foster, M. A.; Taonga, New Zealand Ministry for Culture and Heritage Te Manatu. "BRYDONE, Thomas". An encyclopaedia of New Zealand, edited by A. H. McLintock, 1966. Retrieved 1 January 2019.
  4. "First frozen meat shipment leaves New Zealand | NZHistory, New Zealand history online". nzhistory.govt.nz. Retrieved 13 January 2019.
  5. "Brydone | NZHistory, New Zealand history online". nzhistory.govt.nz. Retrieved 17 November 2019.


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