Biographical entry Pugsley, Albert Tonkin (1910 - 2002)

Summary

Albert Pugsley was Director of the Agricultural Research Centre in Wagga Wagga from 1953 until his retirement in 1975. He developed and bred a number of wheat varieties adapted for different climates. Pugsley later accepted an honorary appointment as Senior Associate in Plant Sciences at the University of Melbourne, which he held from 1978-1986.

Details

Educated Scotch College, University of Melbourne (BAgrSci 1931, DSc, DAgeSc(Hon))

Events

1931 - 1939

Career position - Plant Pathologist at the Victorian Department of Agriculture

1939 - 1953

Career position - Plant Geneticist at the Waite Agricultural Institute

1953 - 1975

Career position - Director of the Agricultural Research Institute in Wagga Wagga

1978 - 1986

Career position - Senior Associate in Plant Sciences at the University of Melbourne

1981

Award - Member of the Order of Australia (AM)

Published resources

Newspaper Articles

• Pugsley, Eleanor and Ian, 'Obituary: Dr Albert Tonkin Pugsleu, AM, Geneticist and Plant Breader', The Age, 2 December 2002. Details

Online Resources

• National Library of Australia, 'Pugsley, A T', Trove, National Library of Australia and the Australian National Maritime Museum Darling Harbour, 2009, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1112754. Details

See also

• McIntosh, R. A. and Smith-White, S., 'Irvine Armstrong Watson 1914-1986', Historical Records of Australian Science, vol. 7, no. 4, 1989, pp. 405-415. Details