Biographical entry Morris, Bede (1927 - 1988)

Summary

Bede Morris was a professor in the Department of Immunology at the John Curtin School of Medical Research at the Australian National University 1970-1988. He graduated in veterinary science at the University of Sydney and pioneered the use of sheep and cattle as experimental animals.

Details

Born Sydney, 10 June 1927. Died Fontainbleau, France, 2 July 1988. Educated Universities of Sydney (BVSc 1951) and Oxford (PhD 1957). Kenematsu Institute, Sydney Hospital 1952-55; Overseas Fellow, Australian and New Zealand Life Insurance Medical Research Fund, School of Pathology, Oxford 1956-58; Senior Research Fellow, Kanematsu Institute 1958; Senior Fellow, Department of Experimental Pathology, John Curtin School of Medical Research (JCSMR), Australian National University 1958-70, professor and head, Department of Immunology, JCSMR 1971-88. Fellow, Australian Academy of Science 1969; Chevalier dans l'Ordre National du Mérite, France; Légion d'Honneur, France 1988. Chairman, Rural Credits Development Fund, Reserve Bank.

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Published resources

Journal Articles

• Courtice, F. C., 'Bede Morris, 1927-1988', Historical Records of Australian Science, vol. 8, no. 1, 1989, pp. 15-36. Also available at http://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/HR9890810015.htm. Details
• Hall, J., 'Bede Morris (1927-1988)', Immunology Today, vol. 9, no. 12, 1988, pp. 364-366. Details

Online Resources

• Courtice, F. C., 'Bede Morris 1927-1988', in Australian Academy of Science Biographical Memoirs, Australian Academy of Science, 2006, http://www.science.org.au/fellows/memoirs/morris.html. Details
• 'Morris, Bede', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-630269. Details

See also

• Redgrave, T. G., 'Wilfred John Simmonds 1918-1990', Historical Records of Australian Science, vol. 8, no. 4, 1991, pp. 265-275. Also available at http://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/HR9910840265.htm. Details