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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 1993-10-20 human Gavan McCarthy and Helen Cohn updated 2026-03-18 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P000870b.htm person Waterhouse Walter Lawry CMG FAA MC AACR2 31 August 1887 9 December 1969 Place of Birth West Maitland, New South Wales, Australia Place of Death Concord, New South Wales, Australia Agricultural scientist Wheat propagator Walter Waterhouse was renowned for his pioneering research into rusts of wheat, and his success in breeding wheat varieties resistant to rust and of high baking quality and yield. His research on annual changes in the pathogenic variability indicated the importance of grasses as hosts for economically important rusts. In 1921 Waterhouse was appointed Lecturer in the Faculty of Agriculture at the University of Sydney, and worked successfully with Robert Watt to built the reputation of the Faculty in teaching and research. Waterhouse, who succeeded Watt as professor of Agriculture in 1946, served as President of the Royal and Linnean Societies of New South Wales and was a foundation Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science. 1907 1907 Education - Diploma in Agriculture, Hawkesbury Agricultural College 1914 1914 Education - Bachelor of Agricultural Science (BAgSc), University of Sydney 1915 1915 Award - 1851 Exhibition - nominated by University of Sydney, but not considered by the commission due to hostilities. 1916 1916 Award - Military Cross (MC) 1916 1917 Military service - First World War. Lieutenant, Australian Imperial Force 1918 1918 Award - Walter and Eliza Hall Agricultural Research Fellowship, Imperial College of Science and Technology, London 1921 1921 Education - Diploma from Imperial College of Science and Technology, London 1921 1937 Career position - Lecturer in agricultural botany, plant pathology, and genetics and plant breeding, Department of Agriculture and Veterinary Science, University of Sydney 1926 1932 Career event - Elected Associate Member (Agriculture), Australian National Research Council 1929 1929 Education - Doctor of Agricultural Science (DAgSc), University of Sydney 1932 1932 Career event - Elected Member (Agriculture), Australian National Research Council 1935 1936 Career position - President, Linnean Society of New South Wales 1937 Career event - Fellow, Australian and New Zealand Association for the Advancement of Science (ANZAAS) 1937 1937 Career position - President, Royal Society of New South Wales 1937 1946 Career position - Reader in Agriculture, University of Sydney 1938 1938 Award - Farrer Memorial Medal, Farrer Memorial Trust 1939 1939 Career position - President, Section K (Agriculture and Forestry), Australian and New Zealand Association for the Advancement of Science 1943 1943 Award - Clarke Medal, Royal Society of New South Wales 1946 1952 Career position - Professor of Agriculture, University of Sydney 1948 1948 Award - Royal Society of New South Wales Medal 1949 1949 Award - Farrer Memorial Medal, Farrer Memorial Trust 1949 1949 Award - Australian Medal of Agricultural Science, Australian Institute of Agricultural Science 1952 1952 Award - James Cook Medal, Royal Society of New South Wales 1952 1952 Life event - Retired 1954 1969 Award - Fellow, Australian Academy of Science (FAA) 1955 1955 Award - Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG) - for his considerable contribution to the advancement of the wheat industry 1956 1956 Award - Elvin Charles Stalkman Award, University of Minnesota, St Paul, Minnesota, U.S.A. 1960 1969 Award - Fellow, Australian Institute of Agricultural Science Watson, Irvine Armstrong (1914 - 1986) James Cook Medal, Royal Society of New South Wales (1954 - )

Awarded the Medal 1952

 Australian Academy of Science (1954 - )

Fellow 1954 - 1969

 Royal Society of New South Wales Medal (1884 - )

Awarded the Medal 1948

 Linnean Society of New South Wales (1874 - )

President 1935 - 1936

 Watt, Robert Dickie (1881 - 1965)

Waterhouse succeded Watt as Professor of Agriculture, University of Sydney 1946

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

President, Section K (Agriculture and Forestry) 1939; Fellow 1937 -

 Royal Society of New South Wales (1866 - )

President 1937

 Australian Institute of Agricultural Science (1935 - 1996)

Fellow 1960 - 1969

 The University of Sydney (1850 - )

Professor of Agriculture 1946 - 1952

 Farrer Memorial Medal (1936 - )

Awarded the Medal 1938 and 1949

 Clarke Medal, Royal Society of New South Wales (1878 - )

Awarded the Medal 1943

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

Associate Member (Agriculture) 1926 - 1932; Member (Agriculture) 1932 -

 1851 Exhibition Scholarship Awards, Australia (1891 - )

1851 Exhibition Science Research Scholarship nominee 1915. [Nomintaed by University of Sydney, but not considered by the Commission due to the War]

 Australian Medal of Agricultural Science, Australian Institute of Agricultural Science and Technology (1948 - )

Awarded the Medal 1949 by the Australian Institute of Agricultural Science

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 Waterhouse, Walter Lawry (1887-1969)

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 'Waterhouse, Walter Lawry', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Waterhouse, Walter Lawry Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Journal Article: Walter Lawry Waterhouse Watson, I. A.; and Frankel, O. H. Walter Lawry Waterhouse 1972 Records of the Australian Academy of Science 2 3 76-91 Book Section: Waterhouse, Walter Lawry (1887-1969), agricultural scientist Campbell, Keith O. Waterhouse, Walter Lawry (1887-1969), agricultural scientist Melbourne Melbourne University Press 1990 Australian dictionary of biography, volume 12: 1891 - 1939 Smy-Z John Ritchie 391-392 Journal Article: Presidential address: Some aspects of plant pathology [Section K - Agriculture and Forestry] Waterhouse, W. L. Presidential address: Some aspects of plant pathology [Section K - Agriculture and Forestry] Sydney ANZAAS 1939 Report of the twenty-fourth meeting of the Australian and New Zealand Association for the Advancement of Science, Canberra meeting, January, 1939 Margaret Walkom 234-259 Journal Article: Presidential address Waterhouse, W. L. Presidential address 1938 Journal and proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales 72 1-54 Resource: B2455 First Australian Imperial Force Personnel Dossiers, 1914-1920 CA 2001 Australian Imperial Force, Base Records Office B2455 First Australian Imperial Force Personnel Dossiers, 1914-1920 National Archives of Australia, RecordSearch Journal Article: Walter Lawry Waterhouse, 1887 - 1969 (memorial series, no. 22) Watson, I. A. Walter Lawry Waterhouse, 1887 - 1969 (memorial series, no. 22) 1971 Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 95 3 260-3 Book Section: A history of plant pathology in Australia White, Neville H. A history of plant pathology in Australia Sydney Academic Press 1981 Plants and Man in Australia Carr, D. J. and Carr, S. G. M. 42-95 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 Journal Article: A century of agriculture in the University of Sydney Copeland, Les A century of agriculture in the University of Sydney 2020 Agricultural science 31 2 59-65 Journal Article: Irvine Armstrong Watson 1914-1986 McIntosh, R. A.; and Smith-White, S. Irvine Armstrong Watson 1914-1986 1989 Historical Records of Australian Science 7 4 405-415 Walter Lawry Waterhouse - Records Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales Walter Lawry Waterhouse - Records ML MSS 2792 1878 - 1968 Notes on Waterhouse's career with a list of his scientific publications (carton 1); the remainder of this large collection includes correspondence, lectures, photographs, drawings, working papers and financial records and some records of his father John Henry Waterhouse including minutes of the Davuilevu High School, Fiji 1905-8; overall dates 1878-1968 [72 cartons, 1 parcel, restricted, ML MSS 2792]. 72 cartons, 1 parcel Artwork, Photographs 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 Walter Lawry Waterhouse Walter Lawry Waterhouse All rights reserved.

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