Person
Dickson, Bertram Thomas (1886 - 1982)
- Born
- 20 May 1886
England - Died
- 22 July 1982
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia - Occupation
- Agricultural scientist and Science administrator
Summary
Bertram Dickson was a plant pathologist noted for his research into mosaic diseases. In 1952 he was awarded he Farrer Memorial Medal for his work in this field. Between 1928 and 1951 Dickson was successively Chief of the CSIR(O) Divisions of Economic Botany and Plant Industry.
Details
Chronology
- 1928 - 1929
- Career position - Chief, CSIR Division of Economic Botany
- 1929 - 1951
- Career position - Chief, CSIRO Division of Plant Industry
- 1952
- Award - Farrer Memorial Medal, Farrer Memorial Trust
Related entries
Published resources
Newspaper Articles
- Burton, Herbert, 'Dickson, Bertram Thomas (Bert) (1886-1982)', ANU Reporter (1982), 5. http://oa.anu.edu.au/obituary/dickson-bertram-thomas-bert-311. Details
Resources
- Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q36515470. Details
- VIAF - Virtual International Authority File, OCLC, https://viaf.org/viaf/37960746. Details
- 'Dickson, Bertram Thomas (1886-19820722)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1473440. Details
Resource Sections
- Wolff, Helen, 'Bertram Thomas (Bert) Dickson [1886 - 1982]', in CSIROpedia, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), 2020. https://csiropedia.csiro.au/bertram-dickson/. Details
See also
- Fenner, Frank ed., History of Microbiology in Australia (Melbourne: Australian Society for Microbiology, 1990), 624 pp. Details
McCarthy, G.J.
Created: 20 October 1993, Last modified: 14 December 2023
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