People Australia

Life Summary [details]

Birth

19 December, 1907
St Albans, Hertfordshire, England

Death

7 June, 1996 (aged 88)
Deakin, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia

Cultural Heritage

Includes subject's nationality; their parents' nationality; the countries in which they spent a significant part of their childhood, and their self-identity.

• English

Education

• Brisbane Grammar School
• Gatton Agricultural College
• King's College (University of Queensland)
• University of Queensland
• University of Minnesota (United States)

Occupation or Descriptor

• agricultural scientist
• agrostologist
• plant geneticist

Awards

• Australian Medal of Agricultural Science (Ag Institute Australia)
• Farrer Memorial Medal
• Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George

Key Organisations

• Australian Photographic Society
• United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation
• Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering

Workplaces

• CSIRO
• CSIRO (plant industry)
• Gatton Agricultural College
• CSIRO (agrostology)
• CSIRO (land research)
• Ranger Uranium Environmental Inquiry