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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 1993-10-20 human McCarthy, G.J. updated 2025-02-28 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P001467b.htm person Calvert Joseph AACR2 Calvert, Pat 7 March 1906 26 May 1988 Place of Birth Donegal, Ireland Botanist Plant physiologist Joseph (Pat) Calvert joined CSIR in Canberra in early 1930 and worked on drought-resistant varieties of wheat and other cereals. He left CSIRO in 1956. His first wife was Frances Elizabeth Allan.

Born Donegal, Ireland, 7 March 1906. Died Canberra, 26 May 1988. Educated Queen's University, Belfast (BSc 1927, MSc 1929, DSc 1939). Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (later Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation) 1930-56; war service as a Royal Australian Air Force officer in Papua New Guinea 1943-45.

 CSIR/O Division of Plant Industry, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (1929 - c. 2014)

1930 - 1956

 Allan, Frances Elizabeth (Betty) (1905 - 1952) Calvert, Joseph (1906-1988)

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 'Calvert, Joseph', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Calvert, Joseph Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Joseph ("Pat") Calvert - Records Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) Corporate Records and Archives Strategies Joseph ("Pat") Calvert - Records T88/60 1910 - 1965 Personal letters 1928-34, 1944-45; data of manurial trials and other experiments with flax on Norfolk Island, 1940; family photographs; university lecture notes and papers 1926-27; laboraory notebooks 1930s; semi-official correspondence 1935-37; CSIRO files 1930-45, 1947-65; RAAF files 1937-44 from when Calvert served as a scientific observer [1.7 m, T88/60]. 1.7 m