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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 2005-10-05 human Annette Alafaci updated 2026-02-03 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P004621b.htm person Goodall David William AACR2 4 April 1914 10 May 2018 Place of Birth Edmonton, England Place of Death Switzerland Botanist Ecologist David William Goodall was an Honorary Research Associate at the Centre for Ecosystem Management at Edith Cowan University and Editor-in-Chief of the series Ecosystems of the World. Throughout his distinguished career which stretches over sixty years, Goodall worked in the five major continents of the world and has (co-) authored well over 130 scientific works. His interests included developing methods for probabilistic classification and its application to Australian Drosera species and subspecies and to vegetation data collected according to the Braun-Blanquet method. 1935 1935 Education - Bachelor of Science (BSc), University of London 1935 1935 Award - Forbes Memorial Prize and Medal, Royal College of Science 1939 1946 Career position - Research Assistant then Scientific Officer at the Research institute of Plant Physiology at the East Malling Research Station in Kent, UK 1941 1941 Education - Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), University of London 1946 1947 Career position - Plant Physiologist at the West African Cacao Research Institute in Tafo, Ghana 1948 1948 Life event - Migrated to Australia 1948 1952 Career position - Senior Lecturer in Botany, University of Melbourne 1952 1954 Career position - Senior Lecturer, then Reader in Botany, University College of the Gold Coast in Achimota, Ghana 1953 1953 Education - Doctor of Science (DSc), University of Melbourne 1954 1956 Career position - Professor of Agricultural Botany, University of Reading, UK 1956 1961 Career position - Director of the CSIRO (Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation) Tobacco Research Institute in Mareeba, Queensland 1956 1961 Career position - Senior Principal Research Scientist at the CSIRO Division of Plant Science 1958 1980 Career position - Member, Editorial Board, Vegetatio 1961 1967 Career position - Senior Principal Research Scientist at the CSIRO Division of Mathematical Statistics in Perth 1965 1967 Career position - Honorary Reader in Botany, University of Western Australia 1967 1968 Career position - Professor of Biological Sciences, University of California, USA 1968 1974 Career position - Professor of Systems Ecology at the Ecology Centre, Utah State University, USA 1974 1978 Career position - Member of the Advisory Committee for the Swedish Coniferous Forest Project 1974 1979 Career position - Senior Principal Research Scientist at the CSIRO Division of Land Resources Management in Canberra, Deniliquin and Perth 1979 1979 Life event - Retired 1979 1998 Career position - Honorary Research Fellow at the CSIRO Division of Land Resources Management then the Division of Wildlife and Ecology 1988 1990 Career position - Member, Editorial Board, Advanced plant sciences 1990 1990 Education - Doctor of Sci. Nat., honoris causa, Università degli Studí di Trieste, Italy 1998 Career position - Honorary Research Associate at the Centre for Ecosystem Management at Edith Cowan University, Joondalup campus 2008? Career position - Member, Editorial Board, Tropical ecology 2008 2008 Award - Ecological Society of Australia Gold Medal 2016 2016 Award - Member of the Order of Australia (AM) - for significant service to science as an academic, researcher and author in the area of plant ecology and natural resources management CSIRO Division of Mathematical Statistics, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (1954 - 1974)

Senior Principal Research Scientist in Perth 1961 - 1967

 Ecological Society of Australia Gold Medal (1983 - )

Awarded the Medal 2008

 CSIRO Division of Land Resources Management, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (1973 - 1982) 1974 1998

Senior Principal Research Scientist at the CSIRO Division of Land Resources Management in Canberra, Deniliquin and Perth (1974 - 1979) Honorary Research Fellow at the CSIRO Division of Land Resources Management (1979 - 1998)

 CSIRO Division of Wildlife and Ecology, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (1987 - 2000) 1979 1998

Honorary Research Fellow at the CSIRO Division of Wildlife and Ecology

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 Goodall, David W (19140404-)

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 'Goodall, David William', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Goodall, David William Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Newspaper Article: David Goodall, Australia's Olders scientist, ends his own life aged 104 Oltermann, Philip David Goodall, Australia's Olders scientist, ends his own life aged 104 The Guardian 2018 The Guardian, Australian Edition Newspaper Article: The Final Move Hamlyn, Charlotte The Final Move Australian Broadcasting Commission 2018 ABC News Edited Book: Cambridge - Castlemaine: a Tribute to John Stewart Turner on the Occasion of his 80th Birthday Clifford, Harold T. Cambridge - Castlemaine: a Tribute to John Stewart Turner on the Occasion of his 80th Birthday St Lucia Botany Department, University of Queensland 1988 Journal Article: In memoriam David William Goodall (4 April 1914 - 10 May 2018) Clifford, H. Trevor In memoriam David William Goodall (4 April 1914 - 10 May 2018) 2018 Journal of vegetation science 29 3 569-72 Journal Article: David Goodall - multiple decades devoted to the service of ecological knowledge, a whole century devoted to the enjoyment of life Clifford, H. Trevor David Goodall - multiple decades devoted to the service of ecological knowledge, a whole century devoted to the enjoyment of life 2015 Tropical ecology 56 1 133-5 Journal Article: Tribute to David William Goodall DSc, AM: advocate and ecologist par excellence (4 April 1914 to 10 May 2018) Recher, Harry F.; and Saunders, Denis A. Tribute to David William Goodall DSc, AM: advocate and ecologist par excellence (4 April 1914 to 10 May 2018) 2019 Pacific conservation biology 25 v-vii Book Section: Into the Land of the Mountain Cattlemen: Maisie Fawcett's Ecological Investigations on the Bogong High Plains Gillbank, Linden Into the Land of the Mountain Cattlemen: Maisie Fawcett's Ecological Investigations on the Bogong High Plains Melbourne Text Publishing Company 1993 On the Edge of Discovery: Australian Women in Science Farley Kelly 133-154 Resource: Member (AM) in the General Division of the Order of Australia [Australia Day 2016: A-L] Member (AM) in the General Division of the Order of Australia [Australia Day 2016: A-L] Governor General's Office 2016