Cyril P. Callister

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Cyril Percy Callister (16 February 1893 - 5 October 1949) was an Australian chemist and food technologist. He is credited with the invention of Vegemite. Callister was born in Chute, near Ballarat in the Australian state of Victoria on the 16th of feb 1893. The son of a teacher and post master and one of nine children, he attended the Ballarat School of Mines and later won a scholarship to the University of Melbourne. He gained a Bachelor of Science degree in 1914 and a Master of Science degree in 1917. In early 1915, Callister was employed by food manufacturer Lewis & Whitty, but later that year he enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force.