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Specht, Raymond Louis (1924 - )

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Botanist
Born: 19 July 1924  Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Raymond Louis Specht was Professor of Botany at the University of Queensland from 1966 to 1989. He has also been an active member of a phenomenal number of scientific bodies and committees and has published widely in the fields of botany, ecology and conservation.

Career Highlights

Chronology
1942 - 1946Student Teacher, then Junior and Secondary Teacher with the Education Department of South Australia
1943 - 1946Bachelor of Science with Honours (BSc (Hons)) completed at the University of Adelaide
1947 - Member of the ANZAAS (Australian and New Zealand Association for the Advancement of Science)
1947 - Member of the Royal Society of South Australia
1947Grassland Ecologist on a survey of the South-East of South Australia with the Agronomy Department of the Waite Agricultural Research Institute
1948 - 1949Botanist on the American-Australian Scientific Expedition to Arnhem Land in the Northern Territory
1949Master of Science (MSc) completed at the University of Adelaide
1949 - 1950Senior Research Fellow in Botany at the University of Adelaide
1951 - 1952Councillor of the Royal Society of South Australia
1951 - 1954Lecturer in Botany at the University of Adelaide
1953Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) completed at the University of Adelaide
1955 - 1960Senior Lecturer in Botany at the University of Adelaide
1959 - 1960President of the Royal Society of South Australia
1961 - Member of the Royal Society of Victoria
1961Verco Medal received from the Royal Society of South Australia
1961 - 1965Reader in Plant Ecology at the University of Melbourne
1964Acting-Head of the Department of Botany at the University of Melbourne
1966 - Professor of Botany at the University of Queensland
1966 - 1978Head of the Department of Botany at the University of Queensland
1967 - Member of the of the Royal Society of Queensland
1970Visiting Professor in the Department of Forestry at the University of Oxford, UK
1974 - 1975Doctor of Science (DSc) received from the University of Adelaide
1975Visiting Professor in the Department of Botany at the University of Leeds, UK
1976Research Medal received from the Royal Society of Victoria
1978 - 1984Member of the Scientific Advisory Committee of the World Wildlife Fund Australia

 

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