Albert Fuller Ellis

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Sir Albert Fuller Ellis (born August 28, 1869, died July 11, 1951) was a researcher in the Pacific. rich phosphate deposits on Nauru and Banaba Island in 1900. He was a member of the British Phosphate Commission for New Zealand between 1921 and 1951.

Ellis was born in Roma, Queensland. His family moved to Auckland where he attended Cambridge District High School. After graduating from high school, Ellis was hired by John T. Arundel and Co. as an analyst and researcher. This company, based in London, dealt with phosphorite trading and a copy in the Pacific. Working in the office of this company in Sydney in 1899, Ellis discovered that the stone brought from Naur, serving as a threshold, was rich in phosphites. Then he went to Nauru and confirmed his discovery.

The work on Banaba Island has started three months after its discovery. Ellis managed the exploitation of the phosphorite resources at Nauru, which began in 1906 as part of an agreement with the German administration on the island. After the First World War, Britain, Australia and New Zealand received a trustee trust over Nauru and designated a team known as the British Phosphate Commission to manage the extraction and export of phosphates from Nauru. Ellis was appointed a member of the British Phosphate Commission for New Zealand.

In 1928 Ellis was awarded the Order of St. Michael and St. George. In 1935 he published a book titled " Ocean Island and Nauru - their story, which tells of the discovery of phosphorites and the development of the phosphate industry on Nauru and Banaba Island. Authoritative control (person):

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