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Costin, Alec Baillie (1925 - 2022)

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Born
30 September 1925
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Died
2022
Occupation
Ecologist

Summary

Alec Costin was a Senior Research Scientist and Chief Research Scientist at the Division of Plant Industry, CSIRO from 1955-1974. He is an international authority on the ecology of high mountain and high latitude ecosystems.

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Born 30 September 1925. Educated University of Sydney (BScAgr 1947, DScAgr 1964). Soil Conservationist, Soil Conservation Service of New South Wales 1942-50, Thomas Lawrance Pawlett Scholar, University of Sydney 1950-51, Australian Services Canteens Scholar, University of Sydney and overseas 1951-53, Principal Research Officer, Soil Conservation Authority of Victoria 1953-55, Senior Research Scientist - Chief Research Scientist, Division of Plant Industry, CSIRO 1955-74, Visiting Fellow, Department of Biogeography and Geomorphology, Australian National University 1973-74, Visiting Fellow, Centre for Resource and Environmental Studies, Australian National University 1976-77. Foundation member, Ecological Society of Australia and Australian Conservation Foundation, Fellow, Australian Academy of Science 1980.

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  • Barrows, Timothy, 'Obituary for Alec B. Costin (1925 - 2022)', Quaternary Australasia, 39 (2) (2022), 9-10. Details
  • Wright, Genevieve T.; McDougall, Keith L.; and McCarthy, Gavan J., 'Archiving the scientific legacy of Alec Costin', Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales, 140 (2018), 245-8. Details

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