P000659 revised AU-VU:EOAS Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation

All key entry types: Awards; Concepts; Corporate Bodies (Organisations); Cultural Artefacts; People; etc

These key entries are listed separately below with other indexes and lists.

 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 1993-10-20 human McCarthy, G.J. updated 2026-01-15 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P000659b.htm person Morton Robert Kerford FAA AACR2 7 August 1920 27 September 1963 Place of Birth Cootamundra, New South Wales, Australia Place of Death Adelaide, South Australia, Australia Biochemist Robert Morton was Associate Professor of Biochemistry, University of Melbourne 1952-1958 and Professor of Agricultural Chemistry, Waite Agricultural Research Institute, University of Adelaide 1959-1962. In 1963 he became Professor of Biochemistry at Adelaide. The R. K. Morton Scholarship, initiated in 1965, is awarded by the University of Adelaide to a student undertaking an honours degree in agricultural biochemistry. 1940 1946 Career position - Served with the Royal Australian Navy (seconded to the Royal Navy) 1952 1952 Education - Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), University of Cambridge 1952 1958 Career position - Associate Professor of Biochemistry, University of Melbourne 1957 1963 Award - Fellow, Australian Academy of Science (FAA) 1958 1959 Career position - President, Australian Chemical Society 1959 1962 Career position - Professor of Agricultural Chemistry, Waite Agricultural Research Institute, University of Adelaide 1961 1961 Career position - President, Section N, Australian and New Zealand Association for the Advancement of Science 1962 1963 Career position - Professor of Biochemistry, University of Adelaide The University of Adelaide (1874 - 2026)

Professor of Biochemistry 1962 - 1963

 Waite Agricultural Research Institute, The University of Adelaide (1924 - 1991)

Professor of Agricultural Chemistry 1959-1962.

 The University of Melbourne (1853 - )

Associate Professor of Biochemistry 1952-1958

 Australian Academy of Science (1954 - )

Fellow 1957 - 1963

 Australian Biochemical Society (1955 - 1990)

President 1958 - 1959

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

President, Section N 1961

Wikidata

 Morton, Robert Kerford (1920-1963)

Trove

 'Morton, Robert Kerford', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Morton, Robert Kerford Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Resource Section: Morton, Robert Kerford - Ms 36 Morton, Robert Kerford - Ms 36 Australian Academy of Science 1994 Listing of Adolph Basser Library holdings Journal Article: Obituary: Robert Kerford Morton Obituary: Robert Kerford Morton 1964 Journal of the Australian Institute of Agricultural Science 30 1 69-70 Journal Article: Obituary: Robert Kerford Morton Melville, J. Obituary: Robert Kerford Morton 1964 Australian Journal of Science 26 9 285-286 Journal Article: Obituaries: Trevett William Dalwood, Robert Kerford Morton and George Albert Elliott Obituaries: Trevett William Dalwood, Robert Kerford Morton and George Albert Elliott 1963 Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Australian Chemical Institute 30 11 450-452 Journal Article: Robert Kerford Morton Trikojus, V. M. Robert Kerford Morton 1964 Yearbook of the Australian Academy of Science 54-69 Morton, Prof. R.K. The University of Melbourne Archives Morton, Prof. R.K. 9-65 1961 - 1964 Correspondence, List of Morton's Books and Journals, Letters of Recollection for Trikojus's obituary of Morton from Cyril Appleby, J. Vincent, W.L. Waterhouse, Notes Concerning Morton's Death, Photograph, Personal correspondence with Mrs. Morton, Obituaries, Order of Service, Press Clipping, A Tribute by R.N. Robertson, Correspondence with Morton Robert Kerford Morton - Records Adolph Basser Library, Australian Academy of Science Robert Kerford Morton - Records MS 036 1936 - 1963 'Animal phosphates and phosphorotransferases' DPhil thesis May 1952; BSc thesis 1949; biographical material including testimonials and records of published and unpublished work 1948; manuscript essays, reports, and notebooks 1936-40; correspondence and typescript notes regarding a symposium on haematic enzymes 1957; notebooks and laboratory notebooks from Cambridge, Melbourne and Adelaide 1951-63 [40 cm, MS 36]. 0.4 m, 5 boxes