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Frankel, Otto Herzberg (1900 - 1998)FAA, FRS |
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| Geneticist and Plant breeder | |||
| Born: 4 November 1900 Austria. Died: 21 November 1998. | |||
| (Sir) Otto Herzberg Frankel was Chief, Division of Plant Industry, CSIRO, Canberra 1951-62, a member of the Executive 1962-66 and, from 1966, has worked as an honorary research fellow in the Division of Plant Industry. |
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| Born 4 November 1900. Died Canberra, 21 November 1998. Educated Berlin (Doctorate of Agriculture 1925) and Cambridge. Kt 1966. Wheat breeder, Czechoslovakia 1925-26, Animal science project, Palestine 1927, oats work in Cambridge 1928, plant breeder and geneticist, New Zealand 1929-41, Director, Wheat Research Institute, New Zealand 1942-49, Director, Crop Research Division, Department of Scientific and Industrial Research, New Zealand 1950-51, Chief, Division of Plant Industry, CSIRO 1951-62, Member of Executive, CSIRO 1962-66, Honorary Research Fellow, Division of Plant Industry, CSIRO 1966 - ca 1994. President, International Genetics Federation, ca 1970s. Fellow, Royal Society 1953, Fellow, Australian Academy of Science 1954, Fellow, Royal Society of New Zealand, Honorary Member, The Japan Academy. | ||
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