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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 2019-02-19 human Helen Cohn updated 2026-01-06 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P006292b.htm person Wrigley Colin Walter AM AACR2 October 2010 Place of Death Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Cereal chemist Colin Wrigley was internationally recognised for his research on cereal grains, particularly the characterisation of cereal-grain proteins in relation to processing quality. For nearly 30 years he was a research scientist with the CSIRO Division of Plant Industry, including a period as Officer-in-Charge of the Wheat Research Unit. Wrigley published over 600 research papers and books: he was senior editor of Gliadin and glutenin: the unique balance of wheat quality. (2005) and Encyclopedia of food grains (2nd edition, 2015). 1961 1982 Career position - Research Scientist (later Senior Research Scientist), Wheat Research Unit, CSIRO Division of Plant Industry 1979 1980 Career position - Chairman, Cereals Chemistry Division, Royal Australian Chemical Institute 1982 1988 Career position - Chief Research Scientist, Wheat Research Unit, CSIRO Division of Plant Industry 1987 1987 Award - H G Smith Medal, Royal Australian Chemical Institute 1987 2010 Award - Fellow, Royal Australian Chemical Institute 1988 1988 Award - F. B. Guthrie Medal, Cereal Chemistry Division, Royal Australian Chemical Institute 1992 1992 Award - T B Osborne Medal, Fellow and Life Member, American Association of Cereal Chemists 1994 1994 Award - Harald Perten Prize, International Association for Cereal Science and Technology 1994 1994 Award - Senior Fellowship, Australian Grains Research and Development Corporation 2001 2010 Award - Honorary Research Fellow, Food Science Australia 2002 2007 Career position - Post-Retirement Fellow and Program Leader, Quality Wheat Co-operative Research Centre 2005 2005 Award - Archibald D. Ollé Prize, New South Wales Branch, Royal Australian Chemical Institute 2007 2007 Career position - Lecturer, Maha Sarakham University, Thailand 2008 2008 Award - Speaker, AACC International Meeting 2009 2009 Award - Member of the Order of Australia (AM) - for service to primary industry, particularly to grain science as a researcher, and to the development of methods for improving wheat quality F. B. Guthrie Medal, Australasian Grain Science Association (1974 - )

Awarded the Medal by the RACI - Cereal Chemistry Division 1988

 RACI - New South Wales Branch, Royal Australian Chemical Institute (1953 - )

Awarded Archibald D. Ollé Prize 2005

 CSIR/O Division of Plant Industry, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (1929 - c. 2014)

Chief Research Scientist, Wheat Research Unit 1982 - 1988

 CRC for Value Added Wheat (2001 - 2008)

Post-Retirement Fellow and Program Leader 2002 - 2007

 Royal Australian Chemical Institute (RACI) (1953 - )

Fellow, 1987 - 2010

 H. G. Smith Memorial Medal, Royal Australian Chemical Institute (1929 - )

Awarded the Medal 1987

 RACI - Cereal Chemistry Division, Royal Australian Chemical Institute (1965 - 2013)

Chairman 1979 - 1980

 'Wrigley, Colin Walter', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Wrigley, Colin Walter Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Journal Article: F.B. Guthrie: Australia's Pioneer Cereal Chemist Wrigley, C. W. F.B. Guthrie: Australia's Pioneer Cereal Chemist 1988 Chemistry in Australia September 306-311 Book Section: Guthrie, Frederick Bickell (1861-1927), agricultural chemist Wrigley, C. W. Guthrie, Frederick Bickell (1861-1927), agricultural chemist Melbourne Melbourne University Press 1983 Australian dictionary of biography, volume 9: 1891 - 1939 Gil-Las Bede Nairn and Geoffrey Serle 143-144 Book Section: Farrer, William James (1845-1906), wheat breeder Wrigley, C. W. Farrer, William James (1845-1906), wheat breeder Melbourne Melbourne University Press 1981 Australian dictionary of biography, volume 8: 1891 - 1939 Cl-Gib Bede Nairn and Geoffrey Serle 471-473 Journal Article: W. J. Farrer and F. B. Guthrie: the Unique Breeder-Chemist Combination That Pioneered Quality Wheats for Australia Wrigley, C. W. W. J. Farrer and F. B. Guthrie: the Unique Breeder-Chemist Combination That Pioneered Quality Wheats for Australia 1979 Records of the Australian Academy of Science 4 1 7-25 Book Section: Wheat breeding in Australia Wrigley, C. W.; and Rathjen, A. Wheat breeding in Australia Sydney Academic Press 1981 Plants and Man in Australia Carr, D. J. and Carr, S. G. M. 96-135 Resource: Member (AM) in the General Division of the Order of Australia [Queen's Birthday 2009: M-Z] Member (AM) in the General Division of the Order of Australia [Queen's Birthday 2009: M-Z] Canberra Governor General's Office 2009