Biographical entry Waring, Horace (1910 - 1980)

Summary

Harry Waring was Professor of Zoology, University of Western Australia 1948-1975.

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Events

1931

Education - Bachelor of Science (BSc) completed at the University of Liverpool, UK

1933

Education - Master of Science (MSc) completed at the University of Liverpool

1939

Education - Doctor of Science (DSc) received from the University of Aberdeen, Scotland

1946 - 1948

Career position - Head of the Zoology Department at the University of Birmingham, UK

1948 - 1975

Career position - Professor of Zoology at the University of Western Australia

1954 -

Award - Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science (FAA)

1958

Career position - Acting Vice-Chancellor at the University of Western Australia

1958 - 1959

Career position - Chairman of the Professorial Board at the University of Western Australia

1962

Award - Clarke Medal received from the Royal Society of New South Wales

1970

Award - Britannica Australia Award for Science, shared with A. R. Main, received

1970

Career position - Honorary Doctorate of Science received from the University of Western Australia

1975

Life event - Retired

1980

Award - ANZAAS Mueller Medal received (Australian and New Zealand Association for the Advancement of Science)

Related entries

Archival resources

University of Western Australia, University Archives

• Horace (Harry) Waring - Records, 1919 - 1980; University of Western Australia, University Archives. Details

Published resources

Book Sections

• Main, A.R., 'Waring, Horace (1910-1980), Zoologist', in John Ritchie and Diane Langmore (eds), Australian Dictionary of Biography, vol. 16, Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 2002, pp. 492-493. Also available at http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A160585b.htm. Details

Journal Articles

• Main, A. R., 'Horace Waring, 1910-1980', Historical Records of Australian Science, vol. 5, no. 2, 1981, pp. 116-121. Also available at http://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/HR9810520116.htm. Details

Online Resources

• Main, A. R., 'Horace Waring 1910-1980', in Australian Academy of Science Biographical Memoirs, Australian Academy of Science, 2006, http://www.science.org.au/fellows/memoirs/waring.html. Details
• National Library of Australia, 'Waring, Horace', Trove, National Library of Australia and the Australian National Maritime Museum Darling Harbour, 2009, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1466808. Details

See also

• McIntyre, A. K., 'Walter Victor Macfarlane 1913-82', Historical Records of Australian Science, vol. 6, no. 2, 1985, pp. 247-265. Also available at http://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/HR9850620247.htm. Details