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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 1997-06-30 human Rosanne Walker and Helen Cohn updated 2025-02-12 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P002811b.htm person Bell Arthur Frank AACR2 9 November 1899 14 May 1958 Place of Birth Brisbane, Queensland, Australia Place of Death Brisbane, Queensland, Australia Agricultural scientist Public service administrator Sugar technologist Arthur Bell was appointed Plant Pathologist at the Queensland Bureau of Sugar Experiment Stations in 1928 and became expert in cane diseases. He was involved in the introduction of cane toads to control cane beetles. From 1943 to 1947 he was Director of the Bureau. His involvement in research on cane diseases included four years as General Secretary of the International Society of Sugar Cane Technologists. In 1947 Bell became the first qualified scientist to be appointed Under Secretary of the Queensland Department of Agriculture and Stock. He served terms in leadership roles in the Australian Institute of Agricultural Science, the Queensland Society for Sugar Cane Technology, and the Queensland State Committee of CSIR(O). The A. F. Bell Memorial Medal for Agricultural Science has been awarded annually since 1959 to an honours student at the University of Queensland by the Queensland branch of the Australian Institute of Agricultural Science

Chairman, Milk Board, Chairman, United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization state Committee,.

1916 1917 Career position - Junior assistant, Queensland Department of Agriculture and Stock 1917 1918 Military service - Served with the AIF 1919 1919 Education - Attended Manchester College of Technology, United Kingdom 1924 1928 Award - Sugar research travelling scholarship 1925 1925 Education - Bachelor of Science (BSc), University of Queensland 1926 1926 Education - Master of Science (MSc), University of California, U.S.A. 1927 1927 Education - Diploma of Membership, Imperial College, London 1928 1935 Career position - Plant Pathologist, Queensland Bureau of Sugar Experiment Stations 1932 1935 Career position - General Secretary, International Society of Sugar Cane Technologists 1935 1943 Career position - Assistant Director, Queensland Bureau of Sugar Experiment Stations 1939 1940 Career position - President, Queensland Branch, Australian Institute of Agricultural Science 1941 1946 Career position - President, Queensland Society for Sugar Cane Technologists 1943 1947 Career position - Director, Queensland Bureau of Sugar Experiment Stations 1945 1947 Career position - Assistant Under-Secretary (Technical), Queensland Department of Agriculture and Stock 1947 1958 Career position - Under-Secretary, Queensland Department of Agriculture and Stock 1948 1948 Career position - President, Australian Institute of Agricultural Science 1948 1949 Career position - Chariman, Queensland State Committee, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research 1949 1955 Career position - Chariman, Queensland State Committee, CSIRO 1954 1954 Award - Australian Medal of Agricultural Science, Australian Institute of Agricultural Science 1956 1956 Award - Farrer Memorial Medal, Farrer Memorial Trust 1958 1958 Award - Fellow, Australian Institute of Agricultural Science Advisory Council - CSIRO, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (1950 - 1986)

Member 1950-1955; Chairman, Queensland State Committee 1949 - 1955

 Queensland Society of Sugar Cane Technologists (1929 - 1979)

President1941 - 1946

 Farrer Memorial Medal (1936 - )

Awarded the Medal 1956

 Australian Institute of Agricultural Science (1935 - 1996)

President, Queensland Branch 1939 - 1940; President 1948; Fellow 1958

 Queensland Department of Agriculture and Stock, State of Queensland (1904 - 1963)

Under Secretary 1947 - 1958

 Bureau of Sugar Experiment Stations, Colony and State of Queensland (1900 - 2003)

Director 1943 - 1947

 CSIR Council, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (1926 - 1949)

Member 1948-1949; Chairman, Queensland State Committee 1949-1955

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

Awarded the Medal 1956 by the Australian Institute of Agricultural Science

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 Bell, Arthur F (1899-1958)

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 'Bell, Arthur Frank', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Bell, Arthur Frank Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Journal Article: Defeating Cane Diseases: Plant Pathologists and the Development of Disease Control Strategies in the Australian Sugar Cane Industry, 1920-1950 Griggs, Peter Defeating Cane Diseases: Plant Pathologists and the Development of Disease Control Strategies in the Australian Sugar Cane Industry, 1920-1950 2007 Historical Records of Australian Science 18 1 43-73 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