Person

Falk, John Edwin Rogers (1917 - 1970)

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John Edwin Rogers Falk
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Born: 22 August 1917
Cessnock, New South Wales, Australia
Died: 25 October 1970
Occupation: Biochemist

Summary

John Falk was Chief of the CSIRO (Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation) Division of Plant Industry in Canberra from 1963 to 1970 after having served as Chief Research Officer and Head of the Biochemistry Section from 1955 to 1962. He was elected a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science (FAA) in 1961.

Related Corporate Bodies

Australian Academy of Science (1954 - )
Elected Fellow 1961
CSIR/O Division of Biochemistry and General Nutrition, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (1944 - 1965)
Chief Research Officer and Head of Biochemistry Section of CSIRO

Date: 1955 - 1962
CSIR/O Division of Plant Industry, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (1929 - c. 2014)
Chief 1963 - 1970

Archival resources

Adolph Basser Library, Australian Academy of Science

John Edwin Rogers Falk - Records, 1945 - 1970, MS 071; Adolph Basser Library, Australian Academy of Science. Details

Published resources

Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Exhibitions

Smith, Ailie, Adolph Basser Library Manuscript Collection, eScholarship Research Centre, 2012, http://www.eoas.info/basser_browse.html. Details

Journal Articles

'Obituary: Dr. J. E. Falk', Journal of the Australian Institute of Agricultural Science, 36 (4) (1970), 321-322. Details
Appleby, C. A., 'Obituary: Dr. J. E. Falk (1917-1970)', Search, 1 (6) (1970), 318. Details
Lemberg, M. R.; and Frankel, O. H., 'John Edwin Rogers Falk', Records of the Australian Academy of Science, 2 (3) (1972), 92-107. http://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/HR9720230092.htm. Details

Resources

'Falk, J E (1917-1970)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-478912. Details

Resource Sections

'Falk, John Edwin Rogers - Ms 71', in Listing of Adolph Basser Library holdings, Australian Academy of Science, 1994, http://www.science.org.au/basser/manuscript-collection/ms071.html. Details
Lemberg, M. R.; and Frankel, O. H., 'John Edwin Rogers Falk 1917-1970', in Australian Academy of Science Biographical Memoirs, Australian Academy of Science, 2006, https://www.science.org.au/fellowship/fellows/biographical-memoirs/john-edwin-rogers-falk-1917-1970. Details
Ward, C., 'John Edwin Rogers Falk', in CSIROpedia, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), 2011, https://csiropedia.csiro.au/falk-john-edwin-rogers/. Details

Digital resources

Title: John Edwin Rogers Falk
Type: Image

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McCarthy, G.J.

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