Skip to content
227,683 profiles ranked

No free photograph

P. A. Yeomans

Australian inventor · Australia · On the map · Scientists · Lived 1905 to 1984 · aged 79

Percival Alfred Yeomans was an Australian inventor known for the Keyline system for the development of land and increasing the fertility of that land. As a mining engineer and gold assayer, Yeomans had developed a keen sense of hydrology and equipment design.

P. A. Yeomans is read about 9 times a day, in 6 languages.

A typical day, 30 days to 23 September 2026

The middle day of the days counted, so one week of news cannot move it. The line under it is the last 60 days, one point a day.

Something wrong?
Compare

Also in Français

About this person

Upon his brother-in-law's death in a grass fire, P.A. Yeomans assumed management of a large tract of land he later named Nevallan in New South Wales. There he developed improved methods and equipment for cultivation. His designs won him The Prince Philip Design Award Australia in 1974.

Country
Australia
Category
Scientists
Type
Scientist
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1905 to 1984 · aged 79