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Life Summary [details]

Birth

22 July, 1923
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Death

11 July, 2008 (aged 84)
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia

Education

• Collingwood Technical School (Melbourne)
• University of Queensland
• University of Melbourne
• Oxford University

Occupation or Descriptor

• academic
• biochemist
• microbiologist

Awards

• Carnegie scholarship
• David Syme Research Prize (University of Melbourne)
• Lemberg Medal (Australian Biochemical Society)
• Frederick Gowland Hopkins Medal (Biochemical Society, UK)
• Leeuwenhoek Medal (Royal Society of London)
• Centenary Medal
• Member of the Order of Australia

Key Organisations

• Australian Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
• University House (ANU)
• Australian Academy of Science
• Royal Society of London (UK)
• Australian Society for Microbiology (national)

Workplaces

• University of Melbourne (bacteriology)
• University of Queensland (bacteriology)
• University of Melbourne (biochemistry)
• Australian National University (biochemistry and molecular biology)