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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 2006-02-14 human Annette Alafaci updated 2026-01-15 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P004675b.htm person Kerr Allen AO FAA FRS AACR2 21 May 1926 14 December 2023 Place of Birth Edinburgh, Scotland Botanist Allen Kerr was Emeritus Professor of Plant Pathology at the University of Adelaide. He first joined the University in 1951 and spent around three years on secondment to the Tea Research Institute in Ceylon, where he headed the departments of Plant Pathology and Nematology. Kerr's most significant work was his study of crown gall - a plant cancer induced by Agrobacterium tumerfaciens. 1947 1947 Education - Bachelor of Science with Honours (BSc(Hons)), University of Edinburgh 1947 1951 Career position - Assistant Mycologist at the North of Scotland College of Agriculture 1951 1958 Career position - Lecturer in Plant Pathology, University of Adelaide 1956 1956 Education - Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), University of Adelaide 1959 1967 Career position - Senior Lecturer in Plant Pathology, University of Adelaide 1963 1966 Career position - Head of the Departments of Plant Pathology and Nematology at the Tea Research Institute in Ceylon (secondment) 1968 1980 Career position - Reader in Plant Pathology, University of Adelaide 1977 1977 Award - Walter Burfitt Prize, Royal Society of New South Wales 1978 1983 Career position - Vice-President of the International Society for Plant Pathology 1978 2023 Award - Fellow, Australian Academy of Science (FAA) 1980 1983 Career position - President, Australasian Plant Pathology Society 1980 1989 Career position - Personal Chair in Plant Pathology at the Waite Agricultural Research Institute of the University of Adelaide 1982 1982 Award - Ruth Allen Award, American Phytopathological Society 1986 2023 Award - Fellow, The Royal Society, London (FRS) 1990 1990 Award - Australia Prize (in the field of Biological Sciences relating to agriculture or the environment) (joint), Australian Government 1990 1990 Career position - Head of the Department of Plant Pathology, University of Adelaide 1991 Award - Foreign Associate of the US National Academy of Sciences 1991 1991 Career position - Head of the Department of Crop Protection, University of Adelaide 1991 1991 Life event - Retired 1991 1991 Award - Elvin Charles Stackman Award, University of Minnesota 1991 1991 Award - Foreign Associate of the US National Academy of Sciences 1992 1992 Award - Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) for service to science, particularly to plant pathology 1995 1995 Career position - Inaugural presentation of the Allen Kerr Post-graduate Prize of the Australasian Plant Pathology Society in Christchurch, New Zealand 1995 2023 Award - Fellow, Australasian Plant Pathology Society 1996 2023 Award - Fellow, American Phytopathological Society 2001 2023 Award - Fellow, American Academy of Microbiology Waite Agricultural Research Institute, The University of Adelaide (1924 - 1991)

Professor of Plant Pathology (personal chair) 1980 - 1989

 The University of Adelaide (1874 - 2026)

Head, Department of Plant Pathology 1990 - 1991; Head, Department of Crop Protection 1991

 Australasian Plant Pathology Society (1969 - )

President 1980 - 1983; Fellow 1995 - 2023

 Australian Academy of Science (1954 - )

Fellow 1978 - 2023

 Australia Prize, Commonwealth of Australia (1990 - 1999)

Awarded the Prize (in the field of Biological Sciences relating to agriculture or the environment) 1990

 Walter Burfitt Prize, Royal Society of New South Wales (1935 - )

Awarded the Prize 1977

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 Kerr, Allen (19260521-)

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 'Kerr, Allen', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Kerr, Allen Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Journal Article: Henry Robert Wallace 1924-2011 Kerr, Allen, Davies, Kerrie and Stirling, Graham Henry Robert Wallace 1924-2011 2012 Historical Records of Australian Science 23 2 202-11 Resource: APPS honour board Australasian Plant Pathology Society APPS honour board Australasian Plant Pathology Society 2024 Journal Article: Professor Allen Kerr AO FAA FRS 21 May 1926 - 14 December 2023 Professor Allen Kerr AO FAA FRS 21 May 1926 - 14 December 2023 2024 Newsletter, Australian Academy of Science 179 Resource: Recipients [of the Prime Minister's Prizes for Science, 2000 - 2017] Recipients [of the Prime Minister's Prizes for Science, 2000 - 2017] Department of Industry, Innovation and Science 2017