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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 1997-06-30 human Rosanne Walker updated 2026-01-15 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P002762b.htm person Williams William Thomas FAA AACR2 18 April 1913 15 October 1995 Place of Birth London, England Botanist Plant taxonomist William Williams held many positions in the United Kingdom including Professor of Botany at the University of Southampton from 1951 to 1965. He then moved to Australia to join the CSIRO (Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation) Division of Computing Research 1966-1968, and later the Division of Tropical Pastures 1968-1973. Williams was a leading authority on the use of numerical methods for classifying biological data. After his retirement he worked as a consultant to James Cook University of North Queensland, Davies Laboratory (CSIRO) and the Australian Institute of Marine Science, Townsville. He was also a qualified piano teacher. 1933 1933 Education - Bachelor of Science (BSc), Imperial College of Science and Technology in London 1933 1936 Career position - Taught at Imperial College 1936 1940 Career position - Teacher at Sir John Cass Technical College 1940 1940 Education - Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Imperial College of Science and Technology in London 1940 1940 Education - Diploma of Imperial College (DIC) completed 1941 1946 Career position - Military service with the Royal Artillery (Sergeant), Royal Army Ordnance Corps (Second Lieutenant) and Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers (Major) 1946 1951 Career position - Lecturer at Bedford College for Women 1951 1956 Career position - Professor of Botany and Head of the Department of Botany, University of Southampton 1956 1956 Education - Doctor of Science (DSc), Imperial College of Science and Technology in London 1966 1968 Career position - Senior Principal Research Scientist at the CSIRO (Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation) Division of Computing Research 1968 1973 Career position - Senior Principal Research Scientist at the CSIRO Division of Tropical Pastures 1978 1995 Award - Fellow, Australian Academy of Science (FAA) 1980 1980 Award - Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) CSIRO Division of Tropical Pastures, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (1959 - 1973)

Senior Principal Research Scientist 1968 - 1973

 Australian Academy of Science (1954 - )

Fellow 1978 - 1995

 CSIRO Division of Computing Research, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (c. 1967 - 1986) 1966 1968

Senior Principal Research Scientist at the CSIRO, Division of Computing Research

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 Williams, W T (19130418-19951015)

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 'Williams, William Thomas', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Williams, William Thomas Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Journal Article: William Thomas Williams 1913-1995 Clifford, H. Trevor William Thomas Williams 1913-1995 Australian Academy of Science 1998 Historical Records of Australian Science 12 1 99-118 Resource Section: William Thomas Williams Ward, C. William Thomas Williams Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) 2011 CSIROpedia Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) Book Section: Plant Introduction in Australia Burt, R. L.; Williams, W. T. Plant Introduction in Australia Sydney Cambridge University Press 1988 Australian Science in the Making R. W. Home 252-276 Journal Article: Classificatory dendrograms and their interpretation. Clifford, H.T.; and Williams, W.T. Classificatory dendrograms and their interpretation. 1973 Australian Journal of Botany 21 151-162. H. Trevor Clifford - Records Adolph Basser Library, Australian Academy of Science H. Trevor Clifford - Records MS 188 c. 1971 - c. 1995 Material associated with biographical memoir of W. T. Williams, 1971-1995; alphabetical correspondence files, arranged chronologically within each file. 0.7 m, 5 boxes