Bull, Lionel Batley (1889 - 1978)

Summary

Lionel Bull, a noted bacteriologist and comparative pathologist, was Chief, Division of Animal Health and Nutrition, CSIR/O 1935-1954. In 1937 he conducted field trials to determine whether the myxoma virus could be used to control the rabbit plague in Australia. Forced by quarantine authorities to make his observations in unsuitable environments, away from mosquito breeding sites, he concluded in 1944 that the virus was ineffective.

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Chronology

1911

Education - Licentiate in Veterinary Science, Melbourne Veterinary College

1912

Education - BVSc, University of Melbourne

1912 - 1925

Career position - First Assistant to the Director, Laboratory of bacteriology and pathology, Adelaide Hospital

1919

Education - DVSc, University of Melbourne

1925 - 1929

Career position - Director, Laboratory of bacteriology and pathology, Adelaide Hospital

1930 - 1933

Career position - Lecturer in Bacteriology, University of Adelaide

1934 - 1935

Career position - Deputy Chief, CSIR Division of Animal Health

1935 - 1936

Career position - Chief, CSIR Division of Animal Health

1936 - 1944

Career position - Chief, CSIR Division of Animal Health and Nutrition

1944 - 1954

Career position - Chief, CSIRO Division of Animal Health and Production

1954 - 1960

Career position - Member of Council, Australian Academy of Science

1954 - 1968

Career position - Senior Research Fellow, CSIRO

1954 - 1978

Award - Fellow, Australian Academy of Science

1955

Award - Mueller Medal, Australian and New Zealand Association for the Advancement of Science

1955

Award - Gilruth Prize for Meritorious Service to Veterinary Science, Australian Veterinary Association

1960 - 1961

Career position - Vice-President, Australian Academy of Science

1967

Award - Doctor of Laws (LLD), honoris causa, University of Melbourne

1967

Award - ANZAAS Medal, Australian and New Zealand Association for the Advancement of Science

Related entries

Published resources

Book Sections

• French, Eric L., 'Bull, Lionel Batley (1889-1978), Veterinary Scientist and Adminstrator' in Australian Dictionary of Biography, John Ritchie, ed., vol. 13 (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1993), pp. 293-294. http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A130332b.htm. Details

Journal Articles

• A., M., 'Lionel Batley Bull C.B.E.', Australian Veterinary Journal, 54 (1978), 402. Details
• Bull, L. B., 'Gilruth as a Teacher', Australian Veterinary Journal, 13 (1937), 110-112. Details
• French, E. L.; and Stewart, D.F., 'Lionel Bately Bull, 1889-1978', Historical Records of Australian Science, 5 (4) (1983), 90-110. https://doi.org/10.1071/HR9830540090. Details

Resources

• Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28051559. Details
• 'Bull, Lionel Batley (1889-1978)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1467943. Details
• 'Awarded honorary LLD, 1967', Honorary degree holders, University of Melbourne, 2023, https://about.unimelb.edu.au/notable-alumni-staff/honorary-degree-holders. Details

Resource Sections

• French, E. L.; and Stewart, D. F., 'Lionel Bately Bull 1889-1978', in Australian Academy of Science Biographical Memoirs, Australian Academy of Science, 2006, https://www.science.org.au/fellowship/fellows/biographical-memoirs/lionel-batley-bull-1889-1978. Details
• Ward, C., 'Lionel Batley Bull', in CSIROpedia, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), 2011, https://csiropedia.csiro.au/Bull-Lionel-Batley. Details

See also

• Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering, Technology in Australia 1788-1988, Online edn, Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre, Melbourne, 3 May 2000, http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/tia/index_b.html. Details
• Fenner, Frank ed., History of Microbiology in Australia (Melbourne: Australian Society for Microbiology, 1990), 624 pp. Details
• French, E. L.; and Sutherland, A. K., 'Arthur William Turner 1900-1989', Historical Records of Australian Science, 9 (1) (1992), 49-63. https://doi.org/10.1071/HR9920910049. Details
• Morison, Patricia, The Martin spirit: Charles Martin and the foundation of biological science in Australia (Canberra: Halstead Press, 2019), 296 pp. Details
• Norris, K. R., 'Ian Murray Mackerras 1898-1980', Historical Records of Australian Science, 5 (2) (1981), 98-114. https://doi.org/10.1071/HR9810520098. Details
• Price, J. R., 'Alexander Thomas Dick 1911-1982', Historical Records of Australian Science, 6 (3) (1986), 393-397. https://doi.org/10.1071/HR9860630393. Details