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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 1993-10-20 human McCarthy, G.J. updated 2025-10-07 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P000566b.htm person Leeper Geoffrey Winthrop AACR2 5 March 1903 15 December 1986 Place of Birth Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Agricultural chemist Geoffrey Leeper worked as Lecturer, Senior Lecturer and Associate Professor in the Department of Agriculture, University of Melbourne from 1934, and was Professor of Agricultural Chemistry 1962-1969. He wrote four books - two on trace elements, one on soil chemistry and one on soils. 1924 1924 Education - Bachelor of Science (BSc), University of Melbourne 1925 1926 Career position - Commonwealth Explosives Factory, Maribyrnong, Victoria, Australia 1926 1926 Education - Masters of Science (MSc), University of Melbourne 1927 1927 Career position - Temporary Lectureship, University of Adelaide 1927 1946 Award - Foundation Member, Australian Chemical Institute 1929 1929 Career position - Rowett Research Institute, Scotland 1930 1932 Career position - Research Scholar in Chemistry, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Melbourne 1933 1946 Career position - Lecturer in Agricultural Chemistry, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Melbourne 1946 1948 Award - Fellow, Australian Chemical Institite 1946 1962 Career position - Associate Professor, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Melbourne 1948 1953 Award - Honorary Life Fellow, Australian Chemical Institute 1953 1986 Award - Honorary Life Fellow, Royal Australian Chemical Institute 1959 1960 Career Position - President, Victoria Branch, Australian Institute of Agricultural Science 1960 1986 Award - Fellow, Australian Institute of Agricultural Science 1962 1969 Career position - Professor, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Melbourne The University of Melbourne (1853 - )

Professor of Agriculture 1962 - 1969

 Australian Chemical Institute (ACI) (1917 - 1953)

Foundation Member 1927 - 1946; Fellow 1946 - 1948; Honorary Life Fellow 1948 - 1953

 Australian Institute of Agricultural Science (1935 - 1996)

President, Victorian Branch 1959 - 1960; Fellow 1960 - 1986

 Royal Society of Victoria (1859 - )

President 1959 - 1960

 ACI - Victorian Branch, Australian Chemical Institute (1917 - 1953)

President 1959 - 1960

 Royal Australian Chemical Institute (RACI) (1953 - )

Honorary Life Fellow 1953 - 1986

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 'Leeper, Geoffrey Winthrop', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Leeper, Geoffrey Winthrop Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Book Section: Australia and trace elements Leeper, G. W. Australia and trace elements Sydney Academic Press 1981 Plants and Man in Australia Carr, D. J. and Carr, S. G. M. 35-41 Edited Book: Sir Samuel Wadham Leeper, G. W. Sir Samuel Wadham Melbourne 1956 Book: Six Trace Elements in Soils: Their chemistry as micro-nutrients Leeper, G. W. Six Trace Elements in Soils: Their chemistry as micro-nutrients Melbourne Melbourne University Press 1970 Journal Article: Obituary: Ernst Matthaei Leeper, G. W. Obituary: Ernst Matthaei 1967 Australian Journal of Science 29 6 166 Book: Forest soils and nutrient cycles Attiwill, P.M.; and Leeper, G.W. Forest soils and nutrient cycles Carlton, Vic. Melbourne University Press 1987 Book Section: Leeper, Geoffrey Winthrop (1903-1986), agricultural chemist Attiwill, Peter Leeper, Geoffrey Winthrop (1903-1986), agricultural chemist Melbourne Melbourne University Press 2012 Australian dictionary of biography, volume 18: 1981 - 1990 L-Z Melanie Nolan 18-9 Book Section: Into the Land of the Mountain Cattlemen: Maisie Fawcett's Ecological Investigations on the Bogong High Plains Gillbank, Linden Into the Land of the Mountain Cattlemen: Maisie Fawcett's Ecological Investigations on the Bogong High Plains Melbourne Text Publishing Company 1993 On the Edge of Discovery: Australian Women in Science Farley Kelly 133-154 Book: Secular who's who : a biographical directory of freethinkers, secularists, rationalists, humanists and others involved in Australia's secular movement from 1850 onwards Dahlitz, Ray Secular who's who : a biographical directory of freethinkers, secularists, rationalists, humanists and others involved in Australia's secular movement from 1850 onwards Balwyn, Victoria R. Dahlitz 1994 Resource: Science and the making of Victoria Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre Science and the making of Victoria 2001 Geoffrey Winthrop Leeper - Records The University of Melbourne Archives Geoffrey Winthrop Leeper - Records 1937 - 1986 Diaries recording travels, visits to agricultural stations conferences and discussions 1937-71; journal articles and talks on agriculture and university education, 1941-68; list of publications; large collection of paper with some photographs relating mainly to the 1970s and 1980s. Leeper, Geoffrey Winthrop Portrait Leeper, Geoffrey Winthrop Portrait Royal Society of Victoria Presidential Portrait

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