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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 1993-10-20 human Gavan McCarthy; R. H. Walker updated 2026-01-22 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P000863b.htm person Wardrop Alan Buchanan FAA AACR2 28 July 1921 20 May 2003 Place of Birth Hobart, Tasmania, Australia Place of Death Victoria, Australia Botanist Alan Wardrop was Professor of Botany at La Trobe University, Melbourne, 1966-c.1986. His interests included the structure and formation of plant cell walls, and lignification. His skill with the electron microscope and with microspectrophotometry contributed much to our understanding of how plant cell walls form, elongate, thicken and differentiate, and of how these processes influence the technical properties of wood. 1942 1942 Education - Bachelor of Science (BSc), University of Tasmania 1944 1944 Education - Master of Science (MSc), University of Tasmania 1944 1945 Military service - Royal Australian Air Force air crew training 1947 1950 Career position - Research Scientist in the CSIRO (Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation) Division of Forest Products 1949 1949 Education - Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), University of Leeds, UK 1950 1953 Career position - Senior Research Scientist in the CSIRO Division of Forest Products 1952 1952 Award - Edgeworth David Medal, Royal Society of New South Wales 1953 1956 Career position - Principal Research Scientist, CSIRO Division of Forest Products 1957 1964 Career position - Senior Principal Research Scientist, CSIRO Division of Forest Products 1958 1958 Education - Doctor of Science (DSc) University of Melbourne 1959 1964 Career position - Research Scientist in charge of CSIRO Section of Wood and Fibre Structure 1964 1965 Career position - Professor of Botany, University of Tasmania 1966 c. 1986 Career position - Professor of Botany, La Trobe University 1976 2003 Award - Fellow, Australian Academy of Science (FAA) c. 1986 2003 Career position - Emeritus Professor of Botany, La Trobe University CSIR/O Division of Forest Products (mark I), Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (1928 - 1971)

Senior Principal Research Scientist I957 - 1964; Research Scientist in charge of CSIRO Section of Wood and Fibre Structure 1959 - 1964

 Australian Academy of Science (1954 - )

Fellow 1976 - 2003

 The University of Tasmania (1890 - )

Professor of Botany 1964 - 1965

 La Trobe University (1964 - )

Professor of Botany 1966 - c.1986

 Edgeworth David Medal, Royal Society of New South Wales (1948 - )

Awarded the Medal 1952

 Wardrop, Alan Buchanan (19210728-20030520)

Trove

 'Wardrop, Alan Buchanan', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Wardrop, Alan Buchanan Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Resource: The Academy's Fellows [including profiles and other relevant links] Australian Academy of Science The Academy's Fellows [including profiles and other relevant links] Canberra Australian Academy of Science 2019 Newspaper Article: Obituary: Professor Alan Buchanan Wardrop, Pioneering Academic Anderson, John Obituary: Professor Alan Buchanan Wardrop, Pioneering Academic 2003 The Age Journal Article: Alan Buchanan Wardrop 1921-2003 Williamson, Richard E.; Higgins, Huntly G.; and Stone, Bruce A. Alan Buchanan Wardrop 1921-2003 2007 Historical Records of Australian Science 18 1 113-136 Journal Article: Alan Buchanan Wardrop (1921-2003) Hillis, W. E. Alan Buchanan Wardrop (1921-2003) International Association of Wood Anatomists 2003 IAWA Journal 24 3 209-210 Resource: A9301 RAAF Personnel files of Non-Commissioned Officers (NCOs) and other ranks, 1921-1948 CA 778, Air Services Branch; CA 35, Department of Air, Central Office A9301 RAAF Personnel files of Non-Commissioned Officers (NCOs) and other ranks, 1921-1948 National Archives of Australia, RecordSearch Resource Section: Interview with Professor Alan Wardrop (1921-2003), botanist Blythe, Max Interview with Professor Alan Wardrop (1921-2003), botanist Australian Academy of Science 1998 Interviews with Australian scientists Resource Section: Alan Buchanan Wardrop Ward, C. Alan Buchanan Wardrop Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) 2011 CSIROpedia Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO)