Person
Dall, William (Bill) (1926 - 2011)
- Born
- 26 February 1926
Brisbane, Queensland, Australia - Died
- 21 April 2011
Brisbane, Queensland, Australia - Occupation
- Marine zoologist and Science administrator
Summary
Bill Dall was a marine zoologist recognised internationally for his work on crustaceans. He made significant contributions to the study of crustacean physiology and was a pioneer and leading authority in the taxonomy of prawns in the family Penaeidae. When he began his investigations very little was known of the Australian species. His research extended to the evolution and zoogeography of the whole family. In 1975 Dall was appointed Officer-in-Charge of CSIRO's new Cleveland Marine Laboratories. He instigated a research program which earned widespread recognition and underpinned the scientific and sustainable management of prawn fisheries in northern Australia. In retirement, as Honorary Research Fellow at the Queensland Museum, Dall returned to his study of the taxonomy of Australian prawns, including in the families Solenoceridae, Aristeidae and Sicyonidae. He also was a key member of the NORFANZ Cruise in 2003, the purpose of which was to investigate the biodiversity of the Norfolk Ridge and Lord Howe Rise benthic communities in the Tasman Sea.
Details
Chronology
- 1944 - 1945
- Career position - Served with the Australian Imperial Forces
- 1952
- Education - BSc, University of Queensland
- 1955 - 1958
- Career position - Research scientist, CSIRO Division of Fisheries and Oceanography, Cronulla
- 1958 - 1967
- Career position - Senior Lecturer in zoology, University of Queensland
- 1967 - 1969
- Career position - Associate Professor, University of Guelph, Ontario, Canada
- 1969 - 1975
- Career position - Research Scientist, CSIRO Division of Fisheries and Oceanography, Perth
- 1975 - 1981
- Career position - Officer-in-Charge, Cleveland Marine Laboratories, CSIRO Division of Fisheries and Oceanography, Queensland
- 1976
- Education - DSc, University of Queensland
- 1981 - 1988
- Career position - Officer-in-Charge, Cleveland Marine Laboratories, CSIRO Division of Fisheries Research, Queensland
- 1984
- Career event - Foundation Member, Asian Fisheries Society
- 1988 - 1990
- Career position - Officer-in-Charge, Cleveland Marine Laboratories, CSIRO Division of Fisheries, Queensland
- 1990
- Life event - Retired
- 1990 - 1993
- Career position - Fellow, Cleveland Marine Laboratories, CSIRO Division of Fisheries, Queensland
- 1991
- Award - Silver Jubilee Award, Australian Marine Sciences Association
- 1993 -
- Career position - Honorary Research Fellow, Queensland Museum
- 2003
- Career event - Participated in NORFANZ cruise to investigate benthic communities in the Tasman Sea
Related entries
Published resources
Books
- CSIRO Marine Laboratories, Prawn tales: stories of the people and their research achievements at the CSIRO Cleveland Marine Laboratories (Collingwood, Vic.: CSIRO Publishing, 2011). Details
- Grey, Daryl L.; and Dall, William, A guide to the Australian Penaeid prawns (Darwin: Northern Territory Department Primary Production, 1983), 140 pp. Details
Edited Books
- Dall, W.; Hill, B. J.; Rothlisberg, P. C.; and Sharples, D. J. eds, The biology of the Penaeidae (Elsevier, 1991), 489 pp. Details
Journal Articles
- Anon, 'Vale Bill Dall (26 February 1926 - 21 April 2011)', Australian marine science bulletin, 185 (2011), 30. Details
See also
- 'Dall, William (Bill) (1926 - 2011)', Jubilee Award recipients, Australian Marine Sciences Association, 2022, https://www.amsa.asn.au/sites/default/files/william_dall_1991_0.pdf. https://www.amsa.asn.au/jubilee-award-recipients. Details
Helen Cohn
Created: 21 June 2022