Person
Hayes, William (1913 - 1994)
FAA FRS
William Hayes
Details
- Born
- 18 January 1913
Edmondstown Park, Rathfarnham, County Dublin, Ireland - Died
- 7 January 1994
Australia - Occupation
- Geneticist
Summary
William Hayes established the research field of bacterial genetics, when he discovered the processes of genetic transfer during cell reproduction. Much of his early work was carried out in Great Britain, but in 1974 he migrated to Australia to continue his research. Hayes was appointed Professor (1974), then Emeritus Professor (1979) of the Genetics Department at the Australian National University in Canberra. He retired from all teaching and research duties in 1985 at the age of seventy-two.
Details
Chronology
- 1947 - 1950
- Career position - Lecturer in Bacteriology at Dublin University, Ireland
- 1950 - 1952
- Career position - Senior Lecturer in Bacteriology at the University of London, UK
- 1953 - 1954
- Career position - Research Fellow at the California Institute of Technology, USA
- 1957 - 1968
- Career position - Director of the Microbial Genetics Unit of the Medical Research Council, Hammersmith, United Kingdom
- 1964 - 1994
- Award - Fellow, The Royal Society, London (FRS)
- 1965
- Award - Leeuwenhoek Lecture, Royal Society, London
- 1968
- Award - DSc honoris causa, University of Leicester, United Kingdom
- 1968 - 1973
- Career position - Director, Department of Molecular Biology, University of Edinburgh
- 1968 - 1973
- Career position - Professor of Molecular Genetics at Edinburgh University, UK
- 1968 - 1994
- Award - Fellow, Royal Society of Edinburgh
- 1970
- Award - LLD, University of Dublin
- 1971 - 1973
- Career position - President of the Genetical Society of Great Britain
- 1973
- Award - DSc honoris causa, National University of Ireland
- 1973
- Award - DSc honoris causa, University of Kent, United Kingdom
- 1974 - 1978
- Career position - Professor and Head of Genetics at the Australian National University, Canberra
- 1976 - 1994
- Award - Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science (FAA)
- 1977
- Award - Macfarlane Burnet Medal and Lecture, Australian Academy of Science
- 1979 - 1980
- Career position - Sherman Fairchild Distinguished Scholar at California Institute of Technology, USA
- 1979 - 1994
- Career position - Emeritus Professor of Genetics at the Australian National University
- 1980 - 1986
- Career position - Visiting Fellow in the Department of Botany at the Australian National University, Canberra
Related entries
Archival resources
Adolph Basser Library, Australian Academy of Science
Published resources
Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Exhibitions
- Smith, Ailie, Adolph Basser Library Manuscript Collection, eScholarship Research Centre, 2012, http://www.eoas.info/basser_browse.html. Details
Journal Articles
- Broda, P.; and Holloway, B., 'William Hayes, 18 January 1913 - 7 January 1994', Biographical memoirs of fellows of the Royal Society, 42 (1996), 172-89. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsbm.1996.0011. Details
- Holloway, Bruce and Broda, Paul, 'William Hayes 1913-1994', Historical Records of Australian Science, 11 (2) (1996), 213-228. https://doi.org/10.1071/HR9961120213. Details
Resources
- Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society, Royal Society of London, https://doi.org/10.1098/rsbm.1996.0011. Details
- Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q8011062. Details
- VIAF - Virtual International Authority File, OCLC, https://viaf.org/viaf/5238353. Details
- 'Hayes, W (19130118-19940107)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-854716. Details
See also
- Macfarlane Burnet Medal and Lecture, Australian Academy of Science, 2022, https://www.science.org.au/supporting-science/awards-and-opportunities/macfarlane-burnet-medal-and-lecture. Details
Digital resources
McCarthy, G.J.
Created: 20 October 1993, Last modified: 26 July 2022
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