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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 2012-12-05 human Christine Moje updated 2025-01-21 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P005313b.htm person Turnbull John Wright AACR2 16 July 1940 Place of Birth Lancaster, Lancashire, England Botanical collector Forester Research scientist John Turnbull graduated as a forester from the University of Wales in 1962. He was a forester with the Woods and Forest Department of South Australia before he joined the Forestry and Timber Bureau in 1965. In 1974 he was placed in charge of the Seeds Section of what was later known as the Division of Forest Research, CSIRO. For his doctorate at the Australian National University he studied the genealogy of Eucalyptus cloeziana.

John Turnbull has made extensive seed and botanical collections of tree species, particularly eucalypts. He visited many parts of the world, including Mexico, the Philippines, Timor, Italy, Israel, Tunisia, Malta and Thailand.

Until 1976 he was the Australian representative on the International Seed Testing Association (ISTA) Forest Tree Seed Committee, and leader of the ISTA Working Group on Tropical Tree Seeds. He is a panel member on the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) Panel of Experts on Forest Gene Resources.

1962 1964 Career position - Forester, Woods and Forests Department, South Australia 1965 1973 Career position - Forestry and Timber Bureau 1974 1976 Career position - In charge of the Seeds Section in the Forestry and Timber Bureau, later Division of Forest Research, CSIRO 1977 1977 Taxonomy event - Eucalyptus urophylla S.T. Blake. Turnbull collected the type CSIRO Division of Forest Research, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (1975 - 1987) Forestry and Timber Bureau, Commonwealth of Australia (1946 - 1978) Turnbull, John (19400716-)

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 'Turnbull, John Wright', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Turnbull, John Wright Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Edited Book: Multipurpose Australian trees and shrubs : lesser-known species for fuelwood and agroforestry Turnbull, John W. Multipurpose Australian trees and shrubs : lesser-known species for fuelwood and agroforestry Canberra Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR) 1986 Conference Proceedings: Eucalypts in Asia: proceedings of an international conference held in Zhanjiang, Guangdong, People's Republic of China, 7-11 April 2003 Turnbull, J.W. Eucalypts in Asia: proceedings of an international conference held in Zhanjiang, Guangdong, People's Republic of China, 7-11 April 2003 Canberra, ACT Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR) 2003 Book: Cape York red gum: Eucalyptus brassiana S.T. Blake Turnbull, John; and Brooker, Ian Cape York red gum: Eucalyptus brassiana S.T. Blake Melbourne CSIRO 1978 Book: Australian trees and shrubs: species for land rehabilitation and farm planting in the tropics Doran, John C.; and Turnbull, John W. Australian trees and shrubs: species for land rehabilitation and farm planting in the tropics Canberra, ACT Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR) 1997 Thesis: Geographic variation in Eucalyptus cloeziana F. Muell. Turnbull, John Wright Geographic variation in Eucalyptus cloeziana F. Muell. Canberra Australian National University 1979 Book: Eucalyptus seed Boland, D.J.; Brooker, M.I.H.; and Turnbull, J.W.: with scanning electron microscopy by Kleinig, D.A. Eucalyptus seed Canberra Division of Forest Research, CSIRO 1980 Journal Article: Selection of Australian trees other than eucalypts for trials as fuelwood species in developing countries Boland, D. J.; and Turnbull, J. W. Selection of Australian trees other than eucalypts for trials as fuelwood species in developing countries 1981 Australian Forestry 44 4 235-246 Book Section: Choice of species and seed sources. Turnbull, J.W.; and Pryor, L.D. Choice of species and seed sources. 1 Melbourne CSIRO 1978 Eucalypts for wood production Hillis, W.E. and Brown, A.G. 434