Frederick Bickell Guthrie (10 December 1861 – 7 February 1927)[1] was an Australian agricultural chemist and a president of the Royal Society of New South Wales.
[1] Guthrie came to Australia in 1890 and in the same year was appointed demonstrator in chemistry at the University of Sydney under Archibald Liversidge.
He was also closely associated with William Farrer and his work on wheat breeding; Guthrie devised methods to test small quantities of grain and assess their quality.
He retired from the agricultural department of New South Wales in January 1924, and died of cancer at Sydney on 7 February 1927.
The Guthrie medal, named in his honour, is awarded every three years by the Royal Australian Chemical Institute.