Person
Piper, Clarence Sherwood (1903 - 1988)
- Born
- 1903
Jamestown, South Australia, Australia - Died
- 1988
- Occupation
- Soil scientist
Summary
Clarence Sherwood Piper and G. Samuel (qv), in 1928, recorded the first trace element deficiency, that of manganese in the black soils on which oats were being grown near Mount Gambier in South Australia. At that stage he worked for the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research. By 1938 he was working for the Waite Agricultural Research Institute.
Details
Born Jamestown, South Australia, 16 May 1903. Educated University of Adelaide (MSc, DSc). Officer-in-Charge, Soil Chemistry Section, CSIRO Division of Soils 1944-63. H.G. Smith Memorial Medal, Australian Chemical Institute 1946; Verco Medal, Royal Society of South Australia 1957. President, South Australian Branch, Australian Chemical Institute 1943-45; President, Royal Society of South Australia 1945-46.
Chronology
- 1943 - 1945
- Career position - President, South Australia Branch, Australian Chemical Institute
- 1944 - 1963
- Career position - Officer-in-Charge, Soil Chemistry Section, CSIRO Division of Soils
- 1945 - 1946
- Career position - President, Royal Society of South Australia
- 1946
- Award - H. G. Smith Memorial Medal, Royal Australian Chemical Institute
- 1957
- Award - Sir Joseph Verco Medal, Royal Society of South Australia
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Published resources
Resources
- 'Piper, C S (1903-1988)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-579712. Details
See also
- Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering, Technology in Australia 1788-1988, Online edn, Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre, Melbourne, 3 May 2000, http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/tia/index_p.html. Details
Rosanne Walker
Created: 25 May 2001, Last modified: 26 September 2022
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