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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 1993-10-20 human Gavan McCarthy; Ken McInnes updated 2025-05-16 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P000365b.htm person Dickson Bertram Thomas CMG AACR2 20 May 1886 22 July 1982 Place of Birth Leicester, Leicestershire, England Place of Death Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Agricultural scientist Science administrator Bert Dickson was a plant pathologist noted for his research into mosaic diseases. In 1952 he was awarded he Farrer Memorial Medal for his work in this field. Between 1928 and 1951 Dickson was successively Chief of the CSIR(O) Divisions of Economic Botany and Plant Industry. For a list of works produced as a result of employment by CSIRO or its predecessors go the CSIRO Research Publications Repository (1917-) and search or browse by name. 1914 1918 Military service - First World War. Served with the British Army in France 1919 1926 Career position - Chair of Economic Botany, McGill University, Montreal, Canada 1926 1927 Career position - Chair of Plant Pathology, McGill University, Montreal, Canada 1928 1929 Career position - Chief, CSIR Division of Economic Botany 1929 1951 Career position - Chief, CSIRO Division of Plant Industry 1930 1930 Career event - Elected Member (Botany and Forestry), Australian National Research Council 1937 1937 Career event - Fellow, Australian and New Zealand Association for the Advancement of Science (ANZAAS) 1952 1952 Award - Farrer Memorial Medal, Farrer Memorial Trust 1958 1982 Award - Life Member, Australian Institute of Agricultural Science 1960 1960 Award - Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG) - Chairman of the Council of the Canberra University College CSIR/O Division of Plant Industry, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (1929 - c. 2014)

Chief 1929 - 1951

 CSIR Division of Economic Botany, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (1927 - 1929)

Chief of the Division 27 February 1928 - 1929

 Farrer Memorial Medal (1936 - )

Awarded the Medal 1952

 Australian National Research Council (ANRC) (1919 - 1955)

Member (Botany and Forestry) 1930 -

 Australian Institute of Agricultural Science (1935 - 1996)

Life Member 1958 - 1982

 Australian and New Zealand Association for the Advancement of Science (ANZAAS) (1930 - )

Fellow 1937 -

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 'Dickson, Bertram Thomas', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Dickson, Bertram Thomas Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Report: The work of the Division of Economic Botany for the year 1928-29 Dickson, B.T. The work of the Division of Economic Botany for the year 1928-29 Melbourne Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (Australia) 1929 Book: CSIRO research for Australia: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization CSIRO CSIRO research for Australia: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization Canberra Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Organisation 1962 Newspaper Article: Dickson, Bertram Thomas (Bert) (1886-1982) Burton, Herbert Dickson, Bertram Thomas (Bert) (1886-1982) Australian National University 1982 ANU Reporter 5 Resource Section: Bertram Thomas (Bert) Dickson [1886 - 1982] Wolff, Helen Bertram Thomas (Bert) Dickson [1886 - 1982] Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) 2020 CSIROpedia Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) Resource: Farrer Memorial Trust Medal recipients and orations New South Wales Department of Primary Industries Farrer Memorial Trust Medal recipients and orations Sydney New South Wales Department of Primary Industries 2023 Edited Book: History of Microbiology in Australia Fenner, Frank History of Microbiology in Australia Melbourne Australian Society for Microbiology 1990