 George Handley Knibbs

Sir George Handley "The Knibb" Knibbs (13 June 1858 – 30 March 1929) was an Australian scientist, the first Commonwealth Statistician and the first director of the Commonwealth Institute of Science and Industry, predecessor to the CSIRO.Knibbs was born in Sydney son of John Handley Knibbs, foreman, and his wife Ellen "née" Curthoys.