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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 2005-09-27 human Annette Alafaci updated 2026-01-15 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P004615b.htm person Cowan Ian Roy FAA FAIP FInstP AACR2 1931 2017 Place of Birth Ilford, United Kingdom Ian Roy Cowan was Emeritus Professor of Environmental Biology at the Research School of Biological Sciences at the Australian National University in Canberra. He was a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science, the Institute of Physics (UK), the Australian Institute of Physics and the Royal Meteorological Society. Cowan was also a member of the Australian Society of Plant Physiology and of the British Society of Soils Science. 1952 1952 Career position - Researcher in the Physics Department of the Rothamsted Experimental Station, UK 1952 1952 Education - Bachelor of Science (BSc), London University 1953 1953 Career position - Scientific Officer with the Sugar Manufacturers' Association (of Jamaica) Ltd. In Mandeville, Jamaica 1956 1956 Education - Master of Science (MSc), London University 1959 1959 Career position - Assistant Lecturer in Agriculture, University of Nottingham, UK 1960 1966 Career position - Lecturer in the Department of Agriculture, University of Nottingham 1966 1966 Education - Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), London University 1966 1968 Career position - Research Fellow at CSIRO (Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation) Division of Land Research 1968 c. 1973 Career position - Senior Fellow in the Department of Environmental Biology at the Research School of Biological Sciences, Australian National University in Canberra 1972 1972 Career position - Royal Society Bursar, University of Bristol in the UK 1973 c. 1993 Career position - Professorial Fellow in the Department of Environmental Biology 1984 Award - Fellow, Australian Academy of Science (FAA) c. 1994 c. 2004 Career position - Emeritus Professor and Visiting Fellow at the Research School of Biological Sciences Australian Academy of Science (1954 - )

Fellow 1984 - 2017

 CSIRO Division of Land Research, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (1965 - 1973) 1966 1968

Research Fellow at the CSIRO Division of Land Research

 Cowan, Ian Roy (1931-)

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 'Cowan, Ian Roy', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Cowan, Ian Roy Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Journal Article: Obituaries: Professor Brian Kay AM FAA FACTM 1944 to 2017; Professor Ken Campbell FAA FGAust 1927 to 2017; Professor Ian Cowan FAA 1931 to 2107 Obituaries: Professor Brian Kay AM FAA FACTM 1944 to 2017; Professor Ken Campbell FAA FGAust 1927 to 2017; Professor Ian Cowan FAA 1931 to 2107 Australian Academy of Science 2017 Newsletter, Australian Academy of Science 108 21-2