Person
Bell, Arthur Frank (1899 - 1958)
- Born
- 9 November 1899
Brisbane, Queensland, Australia - Died
- 14 May 1958
Brisbane, Queensland, Australia - Occupation
- Agricultural scientist, Public service administrator and Sugar technologist
Summary
Arthur Bell was appointed Plant Pathologist at the Queensland Bureau of Sugar Experiment Stations in 1928 and became expert in cane diseases. He was involved in the introduction of cane toads to control cane beetles. From 1943 to 1947 he was Director of the Bureau. His involvement in research on cane diseases included four years as General Secretary of the International Society of Sugar Cane Technologists. In 1947 Bell became the first qualified scientist to be appointed Under Secretary of the Queensland Department of Agriculture and Stock. He served terms in leadership roles in the Australian Institute of Agricultural Science, the Queensland Society for Sugar Cane Technology, and the Queensland State Committee of CSIR(O). The A. F. Bell Memorial Medal for Agricultural Science has been awarded annually since 1959 to an honours student at the University of Queensland by the Queensland branch of the Australian Institute of Agricultural Science
Details
Chairman, Milk Board, Chairman, United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization state Committee,.
Chronology
- 1916 - 1917
- Career position - Junior assistant, Queensland Department of Agriculture and Stock
- 1917 - 1918
- Military service - Served with the AIF
- 1919
- Education - Attended Manchester College of Technology, United Kingdom
- 1924 - 1928
- Award - Sugar research travelling scholarship
- 1925
- Education - BSc, University of Queensland
- 1926
- Education - MSc, University of California, U.S.A.
- 1927
- Education - Diploma of Membership, Imperial College, London
- 1928 - 1935
- Career position - Plant Pathologist, Queensland Bureau of Sugar Experiment Stations
- 1932 - 1935
- Career position - General Secretary, International Society of Sugar Cane Technologists
- 1935 - 1943
- Career position - Assistant Director, Queensland Bureau of Sugar Experiment Stations
- 1939 - 1940
- Career position - President, Queensland Branch, Australian Institute of Agricultural Science
- 1941 - 1946
- Career position - President, Queensland Society for Sugar Cane Technologists
- 1943 - 1947
- Career position - Director, Queensland Bureau of Sugar Experiment Stations
- 1945 - 1947
- Career position - Assistant Under-Secretary (Technical), Queensland Department of Agriculture and Stock
- 1947 - 1958
- Career position - Under-Secretary, Queensland Department of Agriculture and Stock
- 1948
- Career position - President, Australian Institute of Agricultural Science
- 1948 - 1949
- Career position - Chariman, Queensland State Committee, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research
- 1949 - 1955
- Career position - Chariman, Queensland State Committee, CSIRO
- 1954
- Award - Australian Institute of Agricultural Science Medal
- 1956
- Award - Farrer Memorial Medal, Farrer Memorial Trust
- 1958
- Award - Fellow, Australian Institute of Agricultural Science
Related entries
Published resources
Book Sections
- Lloyd, Peter L., 'Bell, Arthur Frank (1899-1958), agricultural scientist and public servant' in Australian Dictionary of Biography volume 13: 1940 - 1980 A - De, Ritchie, John, ed. (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1993), pp. 155-156, http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A130182b.htm. Details
Journal Articles
- Griggs, Peter, 'Defeating Cane Diseases: Plant Pathologists and the Development of Disease Control Strategies in the Australian Sugar Cane Industry, 1920-1950', Historical Records of Australian Science, 18 (1) (2007), 43-73, https://doi.org/10.1071/HR06008. Details
Resources
- Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q21535764. Details
- VIAF - Virtual International Authority File, OCLC, https://viaf.org/viaf/93690791. Details
- 'Bell, Arthur F (1899-1958)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-579707. Details
Rosanne Walker and Helen Cohn
Created: 30 June 1997, Last modified: 19 December 2023