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Wardrop, Alan Buchanan (1921 - 2003)

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Botanist

Born: 28 July 1921 Hobart, Tasmania, Australia. Died: 20 May 2003.

Alan Buchanan Wardrop was Professor of Botany at La Trobe University, Melbourne, 1966-ca 1986. He interests included the structure and formation of plant cell walls, and lignification. His skill with the electron microscope and with microspectrophotometry contributed much to our understanding of how plant cell walls form, elongate, thicken and differentiate, and of how these processes influence the technical properties of wood.

Career Highlights

Chronology
1942 Bachelor of Science (BSc) completed at the University of Tasmania
1944 Master of Science (MSc) completed at the University of Tasmania
1944 - 1945 Royal Australian Air Force air crew training
1947 - 1950 Research Scientist in the CSIRO (Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation) Division of Forest Products
1949 Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) completed at the University of Leeds, UK
1950 - 1953 Senior Research Scientist in the CSIRO Division of Forest Products
1952 Edgeworth David Medal received from the Royal Society of New South Wales
1953 - 1956 Principal Research Scientist in the CSIRO Division of Forest Products
1957 - 1964 Senior Principal Research Scientist in the CSIRO Division of Forest Products
1958 Doctor of Science (DSc) received from the University of Melbourne
1959 - 1964 Research Scientist in charge of CSIRO Section of Wood and Fibre Structure
1964 - 1965 Professor of Botany at the University of Tasmania
1966 - c. 1986 Professor of Botany at La Trobe University
1976 - Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science (FAA)
c. 1986 - 2003 Emeritus Professor of Botany at La Trobe University

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Blythe, Max, Interview with Professor Alan Wardrop (1921-2003), Interviews with Australian scientists, Australian Academy of Science, 1998, http://www.science.org.au/scientists/aw.htm. [ Details ]

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Prepared by: McCarthy, G.J. & Walker, R.H.
Created: 20 October 1993
Modified: 16 November 2005

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