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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created human Helen Cohn updated 2026-05-21 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P005848b.htm person Teakle Laurence John Hartley CMG AACR2 2 August 1901 8 December 1979 Place of Birth Hawker, South Australia, Australia Place of Death Auchenflower, Queensland, Australia Soil scientist University Administrator Hartley Teakle was a soil scientist whose expertise was in plant nutrition. For nearly 20 years he conducted soil surveys throughout Western Australia, particularly in the wheatbelts and other agricultural land. His focus was on salinity and the trace elements copper, manganese and zinc, as well as phosphate requirements of crops. His 1938 Presidential Address to the Royal Society of Western Australia on Western Australian soils and their properties served as the benchmark for all subsequent work. In 1947 he became Professor of Agriculture at the University of Queensland and continued to promote research into problems affecting the agricultural and pastoral industries. Teakle served as President of the Australian Society of Soil Science which, in 2010, inaugurated the L. J. H. Teakle Award. With R. A. Boyle he published Fertilizers for the Farm and Garden, 1958). 1923 1923 Education - Bachelor of Agricultural Science (BAgSc), University of Western Australia 1923 1923 Career position - Agricultural Advisor, Western Australian Department of Agriculture 1924 1924 Education - MS, University of California, Berkeley, U.S.A. 1927 1927 Education - Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), University of California, Berkeley, U.S.A. 1928 1946 Career position - Research Officer, Western Australian Department of Agriculture 1929 1929 Career position - Associate, Royal Australian Chemical Institute 1929 1943 Career position - Member of Council. Royal Society of Western Australia 1937 1938 Career position - President, Royal Society of Western Australia 1946 1947 Career position - Western Australian Commissioner for Soil Conservation 1947 1963 Career position - Professor of Agriculture, University of Queensland 1951 1951 Award - Farrer Memorial Medal, Farrer Memorial Trust 1955 1957 Career position - Inaugural President, Australian Society of Soil Science 1957 1963 Career position - Chairman, Queensland Wheat Industry Research Committee 1960 1962 Career position - President, Professorial Board, University of Queensland 1962 1979 Award - Fellow, Australian Institute of Agricultural Science 1964 1970 Career position - Deputy Vice-Chancellor, University of Queensland 1969 1969 Award - Honorary LLD, University of Queensland 1969 1969 Career position - Acting Vice-Chancellor, University of Queensland 1970 1970 Award - Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG) 1970 1970 Life event - Retired 1971 1979 Award - Honorary Life Member, Royal Society of Western Australia Farrer Memorial Medal (1936 - )

Awarded the Medal 1951

 The University of Queensland (1910 - )

Professor of Agriculture 1947 - 1963; Deputy Vice-Chancellor 1963 - 1970

 Australian Society of Soil Science Incorporated (1955 - )

Inaugural President 1955 - 1957

 Royal Society of Western Australia (1914 - )

President 1937 - 1938; Honorary Life Member 1971 - 1979

 Western Australian Department of Agriculture, Colony and State of Western Australia (1898 - 2006)

Research Officer 1928 - 1946; Commissioner for Soil Conservation 1946 - 1947

 Australian Institute of Agricultural Science (1935 - 1996)

Fellow 1962 - 1979

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 Teakle, L J Hartley (19010802-19791208)

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 'Teakle, Laurence John Hartley (Hartley)', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Teakle, Laurence John Hartley (Hartley) Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Book Section: Teakle, Laurence John Hartley (1901-1979), professor of agriculture Loneragan, Jack F. Teakle, Laurence John Hartley (1901-1979), professor of agriculture Melbourne Melbourne University Press 2002 Australian dictionary of biography, volume 16: 1940 - 1980 Pik-Z John Ritchie and Diane Langmore 371 Journal Article: Obituary: Laurence John Hartley Teakle (1901 - 1979) B., G. H. Obituary: Laurence John Hartley Teakle (1901 - 1979) 1980 Journal of Royal Society of Western Australia 63 63 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