People Australia

Life Summary [details]

Birth

4 November, 1900
Vienna, Austria

Death

21 November, 1998 (aged 98)
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.

• Austrian

Religious Influence

Includes the religion in which subjects were raised, have chosen themselves, attendance at religious schools and/or religious funeral rites; Atheism and Agnosticism have been included.

• Jewish

Occupation or Descriptor

• plant breeder
• plant geneticist
• public servant
• wheat breeder

Awards

• Knight Bachelor

Legacies

• Vavilov-Frankel fellowship program (International Board for Plant Genetic Resources)

Key Organisations

• Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
• Royal Society of New Zealand
• Royal Society of London (UK)
• Australian Academy of Science
• National Academy of Sciences (US)

Workplaces

• CSIRO (plant industry)
• CSIRO executive
• CSIRO