Person
Morton, Robert Kerford (1920 - 1963)
FAA
- Born
- 7 August 1920
Cootamundra, New South Wales, Australia - Died
- 27 September 1963
Adelaide, South Australia, Australia - Occupation
- Biochemist
Summary
Robert Morton was Associate Professor of Biochemistry, University of Melbourne 1952-1958 and Professor of Agricultural Chemistry, Waite Agricultural Research Institute, University of Adelaide 1959-1962. In 1963 he became Professor of Biochemistry at Adelaide. The R. K. Morton Scholarship, initiated in 1965, is awarded by the University of Adelaide to a student undertaking an honours degree in agricultural biochemistry.
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Chronology
- 1940 - 1946
- Career position - Served with the Royal Australian Navy (seconded to the Royal Navy)
- 1952
- Education - PhD, University of Cambridge
- 1952 - 1958
- Career position - Associate Professor of Biochemistry, The University of Melbourne, Australia
- 1957 - 1963
- Award - Fellow, Australian Academy of Science
- 1958 - 1959
- Career position - President, Australian Chemical Society
- 1959 - 1962
- Career position - Professor of Agricultural Chemistry, Waite Agricultural Research Institute, The University of Adelaide, Australia
- 1961
- Career position - President, Section N, Australian and New Zealand Association for the Advancement of Science
- 1962 - 1963
- Career position - Professor of Biochemistry, The University of Adelaide, Australia
Related entries
Archival resources
Adolph Basser Library, Australian Academy of Science
- Robert Kerford Morton - Records, 1936 - 1963, MS 036; Adolph Basser Library, Australian Academy of Science. Details
The University of Melbourne Archives
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
- 'Obituaries: Trevett William Dalwood, Robert Kerford Morton and George Albert Elliott', Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Australian Chemical Institute, 30 (11) (1963), 450-452. Details
- 'Obituary: Robert Kerford Morton', Journal of the Australian Institute of Agricultural Science, 30 (1) (1964), 69-70. Details
- Melville, J., 'Obituary: Robert Kerford Morton', Australian Journal of Science, 26 (9) (1964), 285-286. Details
- Trikojus, V. M., 'Robert Kerford Morton', Yearbook of the Australian Academy of Science (1964), 54-69, https://www.science.org.au/files/userfiles/fellowship/memoirs/documents/morton.pdf. Details
Resources
- Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q55313469. Details
- 'Morton, Robert Kerford (1920-1963)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1476125. Details
Resource Sections
- 'Morton, Robert Kerford - Ms 36', in Listing of Adolph Basser Library holdings, Australian Academy of Science, 1994, http://www.science.org.au/basser/manuscript-collection/ms036.html. Details
McCarthy, G.J.
Created: 20 October 1993, Last modified: 15 November 2022
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