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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 1993-10-20 human Rosanne Walker and Helen Cohn updated 2026-02-17 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P001511b.htm person Morris Bede FAA AACR2 10 June 1927 2 July 1988 Place of Birth Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Place of Death Fontainbleau, France Immunologist Pathologist Bede Morris was a professor in the Department of Immunology at the John Curtin School of Medical Research at the Australian National University 1970-1988. He graduated in veterinary science at the University of Sydney and pioneered the use of sheep and cattle as experimental animals. Morris was internationally recognised for his research on the functioning of the lymphatic system, and the immune system in particular. His work included the role of lymphocytes in development of immunity in reproduction and foetal development, and contributed to understanding lipid metabolism, endocrinology and organ transplantation. Morris served as Chairman of the Reserve Bank's Rural Credits Development Fund and as member of Council and Vice-President of the Australian Academy of Science. He was awarded both. the Chevalier dans l'Ordre National du Mérite and the Légion d'Honneur by the Government of France. 1945 1946 Military service - Second World War. 2nd Australian Imperial Forces 1951 1951 Education - Bachelor of Veterinary Science (BVSc), University of Sydney 1952 1955 Career position - Research Fellow, Kanematsu Memorial Institute of Pathology, Sydney Hospital 1956 1958 Career position - Overseas Fellow, Australian and New Zealand Life Insurance Medical Research Fund, School of Pathology, University of Oxford 1957 1957 Education - Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), University of Oxford 1958 1958 Career position - Senior Research Fellow, Kanematsu Memorial Institute of Pathology, Sydney Hospital 1958 1963 Career position - Senior Fellow, Department of Experimental Pathology, John Curtin School of Medical Research (JCSMR), Australian National University 1960 Career position - Member of Council, Australian Physiological and Pharmacological Society 1963 1970 Career position - Professorial Fellow, John Curtin School of Medical Research, Australian National University 1969 1988 Award - Fellow, Australian Academy of Science (FAA) 1971 1988 Career position - Professor and Head, Department of Immunology, John Curtin School of Medical Research 1975 1975 Career position - President, Section 16, Australian and New Zealand Association for the Advancement of Science 1977 1980 Career position - Member of Council, Australian Academy of Science 1979 1980 Career position - Vice-President, Australian Academy of Science 1981 1985 Career position - Treasurer, Australian Academy of Science 1988 1988 Award - Legion d'honneur, Republic of France John Curtin School of Medical Research, Australian National University (1948 - )

Professor and Head of Department of Immunology 1971 - 1988

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

President, Section 16 1975

 Australian Academy of Science (1954 - )

Fellow 1969 - 1988; Vice-President 1979 - 1980

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 'Morris, Bede', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Morris, Bede Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Journal Article: Bede Morris (1927-1988) Hall, J. Bede Morris (1927-1988) 1988 Immunology Today 9 12 364-366 Journal Article: Bede Morris, 1927-1988 Courtice, F. C. Bede Morris, 1927-1988 1989 Historical Records of Australian Science 8 1 15-36 Book Section: Morris, Bede (1927-1988), immunologist McCullagh, Peter Morris, Bede (1927-1988), immunologist Melbourne Melbourne University Press 2012 Australian dictionary of biography, volume 18: 1981 - 1990 L-Z Melanie Nolan 178-9 Journal Article: Wilfred John Simmonds 1918-1990 Redgrave, T. G. Wilfred John Simmonds 1918-1990 1991 Historical Records of Australian Science 8 4 265-275 Bede Morris Bede Morris All rights reserved.

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