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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 1993-10-20 human McCarthy, G.J. updated 2026-02-05 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P000484b.htm person Hayes William FAA FRS AACR2 18 January 1913 7 January 1994 Place of Birth Edmondstown Park, Rathfarnham, County Dublin, Ireland Place of Death Australia Geneticist William Hayes established the research field of bacterial genetics, when he discovered the processes of genetic transfer during cell reproduction. Much of his early work was carried out in Great Britain, but in 1974 he migrated to Australia to continue his research. Hayes was appointed Professor (1974), then Emeritus Professor (1979) of the Genetics Department at the Australian National University in Canberra. He retired from all teaching and research duties in 1985 at the age of seventy-two. 1947 1950 Career position - Lecturer in Bacteriology at Dublin University, Ireland 1950 1952 Career position - Senior Lecturer in Bacteriology, University of London, UK 1953 1954 Career position - Research Fellow, California Institute of Technology, USA 1957 1968 Career position - Director of the Microbial Genetics Unit of the Medical Research Council, Hammersmith, United Kingdom 1964 1994 Award - Fellow, The Royal Society, London (FRS) 1965 1965 Award - Leeuwenhoek Lecture, Royal Society, London 1968 1968 Award - DSc honoris causa, University of Leicester, United Kingdom 1968 1973 Career position - Director, Department of Molecular Biology, University of Edinburgh 1968 1973 Career position - Professor of Molecular Genetics at Edinburgh University, UK 1968 1994 Award - Fellow, Royal Society of Edinburgh 1970 1970 Award - LLD, University of Dublin 1971 1973 Career position - President, Genetical Society of Great Britain 1973 1973 Award - DSc honoris causa, National University of Ireland 1973 1973 Award - DSc honoris causa, University of Kent, United Kingdom 1974 1978 Career position - Professor and Head of Genetics, Australian National University, Canberra 1976 1994 Award - Fellow, Australian Academy of Science (FAA) 1977 1977 Award - Macfarlane Burnet Medal and Lecture, Australian Academy of Science 1979 1980 Career position - Sherman Fairchild Distinguished Scholar at California Institute of Technology, USA 1979 1994 Career position - Emeritus Professor of Genetics, Australian National University 1980 1986 Career position - Visiting Fellow in the Department of Botany, Australian National University, Canberra Australian National University (1946 - )

Professor and Head of Genetics 1974 - 1978; Emeritus Professor of Genetics 1979 - 1994

 Australian Academy of Science (1954 - )

Fellow 1976 - 1994

 Macfarlane Burnet Medal and Lecture, Australian Academy of Science (1971 - )

Awarded the Medal 1977

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 Hayes, W (19130118-19940107)

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 'Hayes, William', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Hayes, William Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Journal Article: William Hayes 1913-1994 Holloway, Bruce and Broda, Paul William Hayes 1913-1994 1996 Historical Records of Australian Science 11 2 213-228 Journal Article: William Hayes, 18 January 1913 - 7 January 1994 Broda, P.; and Holloway, B. William Hayes, 18 January 1913 - 7 January 1994 1996 Biographical memoirs of fellows of the Royal Society 42 172-89 Resource: Macfarlane Burnet Medal and Lecture Australian Academy of Science Macfarlane Burnet Medal and Lecture Australian Academy of Science 2022 William Hayes - Records Adolph Basser Library, Australian Academy of Science William Hayes - Records MS 218 c. 1980 - 1996 Includes: cv, list of publications, obituaries, scanned black and white photograph of Hayes, miscellaneous manuscripts, fragments, papers and documents, correspondence from Hayes' widow Nora to Holloway, 1995-1996, correspondence from Holloway relating to preparation of biographical memoir of Hayes, 1994-1996. 0.07 m, 1 box William Hayes William Hayes All rights reserved.

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