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Name	David Hungerford Ashton
Born	6 July, 1927 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Died	22 November, 2005 (aged 78) Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Related Entries	[View as tree] Chinner, John Harding (work colleague)
Education *	University of Melbourne (student, 1946)
Occupation *	academic (1960-1989) Victoria, Australia botanist (1960-2000) Victoria, Australia bushfire control expert (1960-2000) Victoria, Australia ecologist (1960-2000) Victoria, Australia forest scientist (1960-2000) Victoria, Australia
Awards	Medal of the Ecological Society of Australia (recipient, 1990) Medal of the Order of Australia (recipient, 2001)
Legacies *	David Ashton Biodiversity Award (Vic Environment Dept) (eponym) David Ashton Hons Prize (La Trobe University, Vic) (eponym)
Key Organisations *	Royal Society of Victoria (fellow, 1995-2005)
Workplaces *	University of Melbourne (botany) (academic, 1960-1989)

* Dates are approximate

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