People Australia

Life Summary [details]

Birth

7 February, 1933
Bristol, Gloucestershire, England

Death

30 March, 2000 (aged 67)
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia

Cause of Death

amyloidosis

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

• Collegiate School (Bristol, UK)
• Cambridge University (UK)

Occupation or Descriptor

• academic
• biologist
• botanist
• political staffer
• public service head
• science administrator
• university teacher

Awards

• Officer of the Order of the British Empire

Key Organisations

• Australian Museum (Sydney)
• Australian Research Grants Committee
• Australian Institute of Marine Science
• Australian Academy of Science
• Australian Science and Technology Council
• Royal Botanic Gardens (Sydney)

Workplaces

• Cambridge University (UK)
• University of Adelaide (biology)
• University of Sydney (biology)
• CSIRO
• CSIRO executive
• Department of Industry, Technology and Commerce (Commonwealth)
• Office of the Chief Scientist (Commonwealth)