Person
Rankine, Bryce Crossley (1925 - 2013)
AM FTSE
- Born
- 23 December 1925
Murray Bridge, South Australia, Australia - Died
- 26 February 2013
Adelaide, South Australia, Australia - Occupation
- Wine scientist
Summary
Bryce Rankine was a wine scientist recognised internationally as a leading wine academic. As head of the School of Oenology and Viticulture at Roseworthy Agricultural Institute, South Australia, he transformed the teaching of viticulture and oenology from a diploma to a degree course, later introducing a graduate diploma. His research ranged across ethanol production, the deposition of potassium bitartrate in wine, treating wine with ion-exchange resins, and the metal content of wine. His published output was over 250 papers.
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Chronology
- 1944
- Education - BSc, University of Adelaide
- 1946 - 1950
- Career position - Research Bacteriologist, F. H. and Co., Adelaide
- 1950 - 1956
- Career position - Research Officer, CSIRO Oenological Investigations, Waite Agricultural Research Institute, Adelaide
- 1953
- Education - MSc, University of Adelaide
- 1956 - 1959
- Career position - Senior Research Officer, Australian Wine Research Institute
- 1959 - 1969
- Career position - Member, Royal Australian Chemical Institute
- 1969 - 2013
- Award - Fellow, Royal Australian Chemical Institute
- 1971
- Award - DSc, University of Stellenbosch, South Africa
- 1971 - 2013
- Award - Fellow, Australian Institute of Food Science and Technology
- 1973
- Award - Award of Merit, Australian Institute of Food Science and Technology
- 1976
- Award - International Research Lecturer, American Society of Enologists National Convention, California, U.S.A.
- 1976 - 1987
- Award - Fellow, Australian Academy of Technological Sciences (FTS)
- 1978 - 1980
- Career position - Head, School of Oenology and Viticulture, Roseworthy Agricultural Institute
- 1980 - 1986
- Career position - Dean, Faculty of Oenology, Roseworthy Agricultural College
- 1981 - 1983
- Career position - Federal President, Australian Institute of Food Science and Technology
- 1986
- Award - Member of the Order of Australia (AM) - for service to wine industry technology and to education
- 1987
- Award - Fellow, Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering (FTSE) [Awarded by AATS 1976]
- 1987 - 2006
- Career position - Wine consultant
- 1987 - 2013
- Award - Honorary Life Fellow, Australian Society for Microbiology
- 1991 - 1995
- Career position - Executive Director, Australian Society of Wine Educators
- 1993 - 2013
- Award - Honorary Life member, American Society of Enology and Viticulture
- 1997
- Award - Hartnett Medal, Royal Society of the Encouragement of Arts, Manufacturing and Commerce, London
- 1998
- Award - Maurice O'Shea Award, McWilliams Wines
- 2001
- Award - Centenary Medal - for service to Australian society in science and technology
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Published resources
Books
- Rankine, Bryce C., Evolution of the Modern Australian Wine Industry - a Personal Appraisal (Adelaide: Ryan Publications, 1996), 192 pp. Details
Conference Papers
- Rankine, B. C., 'Oenological Research and Technical Development in Australia', in Proceedings of the Sixth Australian Wine Industry Technical Conference, Adelaide, South Australia, 14-17 July 1986 edited by Terry Lee (Adelaide: Australian Industrial Publishers, 1986), pp. 25-30.. Details
Journal Articles
- Anon, 'Bryce Rankine was our leading wine specialist', Focus, 177 (2013), 48, https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-3171716260. Details
- Mason, John, 'Bryce Rankine: wine scientist', Chemistry in Australia, 2013 (June) (2013), 30-1. Details
- Rankine, B. C., 'Obituary: J.C.M. Fornachon, 1905-1968', Australian Journal of Science, 31 (5) (1968), 183. Details
- Rankine, B. C., 'Beginning of Wine Research in Australia and the Role of the Waite Institute', ATSE Focus, 122 (2002), 9-14. Details
See also
- Who's who in Australia 2012 (Melbourne: Crown Content Pty Ltd, 2012), 2430 pp. Details
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Created: 22 January 2019, Last modified: 8 June 2022