Biographical entry Richardson, Arnold Edwin Victor (1883 - 1949)

Summary

Arnold Edwin V. Richardson was Deputy Chief Executive Officer of CSIR (1938-46) then Chief Executive Officer from1946-49. Earlier he was Professor of Agriculture at Waite Agricultural Research Institute, University of Adelaide (1924-38); acting Director of Agriculture in South Australia and Superintendent of Agriculture in Victoria. The south wing of the Waite Institute was named the A.E.V. Richardson Laboratory in his honour and his portrait is on display at the CSIRO building in East Melbourne. Richardson was also Foundation President of the Australian Institute of Agricultural Science (1935-36) and first president of its South Australian branch.

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Events

1902

Education - Diploma completed at the Roseworthy Agricultural College

1907

Education - Bachelor of Arts (BA) completed at the University of Adelaide

1908

Education - Bachelor of Science (BSc) completed at the University of Adelaide

1908 - 1910

Career position - Assistant Director of Agriculture in South Australia

1910

Education - Master of Arts (MA) completed at the University of Adelaide

1911

Career position - Acting Director of Agriculture in South Australia

1911 - 1924

Career position - Superintendent of Agriculture in Victoria

1917 -

Career position - Member of the committee to inquire into the teaching of agriculture

1917 - 1919

Career position - Lecturer in Agriculture (part-time lecturer) at the University of Melbourne

1919 - 1924

Career position - Inaugural Director of the School of Agriculture at the University of Melbourne

1919 - 1924

Career position - Inaugural Dean of the newly created faculty (formerly of Agriculture) at the University of Melbourne

1923

Career position - President of section K (agriculture and forestry) at the Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science

1924

Education - Doctor of Science (DSc) received from the University of Melbourne

1924 - 1937

Career position - Waite Professor of Agriculture and Director of Waite Agricultural Research Institute at the University of Adelaide

1927

Career position - Commonwealth delegate at the First Imperial Agricultural Research Conference, London

1927 - 1949

Career position - Member of the Executive Committee of CSIR (Council for Scientific and Industrial Research)

1932

Career position - Official Adviser to the Australian Delegation at the Imperial Economic Conference, Ottawa

1935 - 1936

Career position - Foundation President of the Australian Institute of Agricultural Science

1938

Award - Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG)

1938 - 1946

Career position - Deputy Chief Executive Officer of CSIR

1946 - 1949

Career position - Chief Executive Officer of CSIR

1947 - 1949

Career position - President of the Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science

Archival resources

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

• Arnold Edwin Victor Richardson - Records, 1938 - 1949; Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) Corporate Records and Archives Strategies. Details

Private hands (Best, R.J.)

• Arnold Edwin Victor Richardson - Records, 1883 - 1949; Private hands (Best, R.J.). Details

Waite Agricultural Research Institute

• Arnold Edwin Victor Richardson - Records, 1934 - 1940; Waite Agricultural Research Institute. Details

Published resources

Book Sections

• Best, R. J., 'Richardson, Arnold Edwin Victor (1883-1949), Agricultural Scientist', in Geoffrey Serle (ed.), Australian Dictionary of Biography, vol. 11, Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 1988, pp. 377-379. Also available at http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A110388b.htm. Details

Journal Articles

• Prescott, J. A., 'Obituary: A. E. V. Richardson', Australian Journal of Science, vol. 13, no. 4, 1951, pp. 102-103. Details
• Richardson, A. E. V., 'Science in Relation to Australia's Development. Presidential Address', Australian and New Zealand Association for the Advancement of Science, vol. xxvi, 1947, pp. 41-63. Details

Online Resources

• National Library of Australia, 'Richardson, A E V', Trove, National Library of Australia and the Australian National Maritime Museum Darling Harbour, 2009, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-556233. Details

See also

• Sherratt, Tim, 'CSIRO', in Graeme Davison; John Hirst; Stuart Macintyre (ed.), Oxford Companion to Australian History, Oxford University Press, Melbourne, 1998, pp. 164-165. Also available at http://www.asap.unimelb.edu.au/pubs/articles/tps/csiro_history.htm. Details
• Stephens, C.G. and Quirk, J.P., 'James Arthur Prescott 1890-1987', Historical Records of Australian Science, vol. 7, no. 3, 1988, pp. 299-313. Also available at http://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/HR9880730299.htm. Details