Biographical entry Frankel, Otto Herzberg (1900 - 1998)

Summary

(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.

Details

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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Archival resources

Adolph Basser Library, Australian Academy of Science

• Otto Herzberg Frankel - Records, 1964 - 1975, MS 106; Adolph Basser Library, Australian Academy of Science. Details

Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) Corporate Records and Archives Strategies

• Otto Herzberg Frankel - Records, 1957 - 1971, Se 625, 626 and 463; Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) Corporate Records and Archives Strategies. Details

National Archives of Australia, National Office

• Otto Herzberg Frankel - Records, 1920 - 1990; National Archives of Australia, National Office. Details

Private hands (Thomson, A.D.)

• Otto Herzberg Frankel - Records, 1949 - 1964; Private hands (Thomson, A.D.). Details

Published resources

Book Sections

• Crute, Ian, 'Sir Otto Herzberg Frankel, 1900-1998', in Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2004. Details

Journal Articles

• Braund, James, 'Otto Frankel - the Austrian Who Gave New Zealanders Their Daily Bread', New Zealand Science Review, vol. 59, no. 1, 2002, pp. 13-16. Details
• Evans, Lloyd, 'Otto Herzberg Frankel 1900-1998', Historical Records of Australian Science, vol. 12, no. 4, 1999, pp. 495-516. Also available at http://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/HR9991240495.htm. Details
• Frankel, O. H., 'The Social Responsibility of Agricultural Science', Australian Journal of Science, vol. 25, 1963, pp. 301-307. Details
• Frankel, O. H., 'Sir Roy Grounds, 1905-1981', Historical Records of Australian Science, vol. 5, no. 3, 1982, pp. 89-91. Also available at http://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/HR9820530089.htm. Details
• Lemberg, M. R. And Frankel, O. H., 'John Edwin Rogers Falk', Records of the Australian Academy of Science, vol. 2, no. 3, 1972, pp. 92-107. Also available at http://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/HR9720230092.htm. Details
• Watson, I. A. And Frankel, O. H., 'Walter Lawry Waterhouse', Records of the Australian Academy of Science, vol. 2, no. 3, 1972, pp. 76-91. Also available at http://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/HR9720230076.htm. Details

Online Resources

• 'Frankel, Otto Herzberg - Ms 106', in Listing of Adolph Basser Library holdings, Australian Academy of Science, 1994, http://www.science.org.au/basser/manuscript-collection/ms106.html. Details
• Blythe, Max, Interview with Sir Otto Frankel (1900-1998), Interviews with Australian scientists, Australian Academy of Science, 1993, http://www.science.org.au/scientists/interviews/f/of.html. Details
• National Library of Australia, 'Frankel, Otto', Trove, National Library of Australia and the Australian National Maritime Museum Darling Harbour, 2009, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-471622. Details