Person
Boyden, Stephen Vickers
AM FAA FRSA
- Occupation
- Ecologist and Veterinarian
Summary
Stephen Boyden graduated in Veterinary Science in London in 1947 and then worked at the University of Cambridge and the Rockefeller Institute in New York. He received his PhD in Immunology from the University of Cambridge in 1951. After a year at the Pasteur Institute in Paris he took charge of the World Health Organization's Tuberculosis Immunisation Research Centre in Copenhagen. From 1960 he worked at the John Curtin School of Medical Research at the Australian National University in Canberra. From 1965 to his official retirement at the end of 1990 he engaged in research and writing in human ecology and human biohistory. In the early 1970s he initiated and directed the Hong Kong Human Ecology Program, which was the first comprehensive ecological study of a city. He was a UNESCO consultant to the Man in the Biosphere Program (1973-1989) and leader of the Fundamental Questions Program at the Centre for Resource and Environmental Studies, ANU (1988-1990). Boyden is presently a Patron of the Australian National Sustainability Initiative.
Details
Chronology
- 1947 -
- Career position - Member of the Royal College of Veterinary Science
- 1947
- Education - Bachelor of Science (BSc) completed in London
- 1949 - 1951
- Career position - Research Student, University of Cambridge and Visiting Research Student at Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research in New York
- 1951
- Education - Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), University of Cambridge, UK
- 1951 - 1952
- Career position - CNRS Scholar at L'Institut Pasteur in Paris, France
- 1952 - 1960
- Career position - Chief of the Tuberculosis Immunization Research Center of the World Health Organization in Copenhagen, Denmark
- 1960 - 1963
- Career position - Senior Fellow in the Department of Experimental Pathology at John Curtin School of Medical Research, Australian National University in Canberra
- 1963 - 1965
- Career position - Professorial Fellow in Experimental Pathology at John Curtin School of Medical Research
- 1965 - 1990
- Career position - Professorial Fellow in Human Ecology at the Centre for Resource and Environmental Studies, Australian National University
- 1966 -
- Award - Fellow, Australian Academy of Science (FAA)
- 1990 -
- Award - Fellow, Royal Society of Arts (FRSA)
- 1998
- Award - Member of the Order of Australia (AM) for service to science through the development of ideas and scholarship in the discipline of human ecology
- 2001
- Award - Centenary Medal for service to Australian society and scientific research
Related entries
Published resources
Books
- Boyden, S., Western civilization in biological perspective: patterns in biohistory (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1987). Details
- Boyden, S., Biohistory: the interplay between human society and the biosphere - past and present (Paris: Parthenon/UNESCO, 1992). Details
- Boyden, S., The biology of civilisation: understanding human culture as a force in nature (Sydney: University of New South Wales Press, 2004). Details
- Boyden, S.; Millar, S.; Newcombe, K.; O'Neill B., The ecology of a city and its people: the case of Hong Kong (Canberra: Australian National University Press, 1981). Details
- Boyden, Stephen; Dovers, Stephen; Shirlow, Megan, Our Bioshphere Under Threat: Ecological Realities and Australia's Opportunities (Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1990), 347 pp. Details
Conference Papers
- Boyden, S,, 'People and nature; the big picture', in Nature and Society Forum (Canberra: 2005).. Details
Edited Books
- Boyden, S. ed., The impact of civilisation on the biology of man (Canberra: Australian National University Press, 1970). Details
Journal Articles
- Boyden, S., 'An integrative ecological approach to the study of human settlements', MAB Technical Note, 12 (1979). Details
Resources
- 'Boyden, Stephen Vickers', Fellows of the Academy, Australian Academy of Science, 2019, https://www.science.org.au/profile/stephen-boyden. Details
- 'Boyden, Stephen', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-458769. Details
Resource Sections
- Fenner, Frank, 'Interview with Professor Stephen Boyden', in Interviews with Australian scientists, Australian Academy of Science, 2003, https://www.science.org.au/learning/general-audience/history/interviews-australian-scientists/professor-stephen-boyden-human. Details
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Created: 13 September 2005, Last modified: 15 June 2022