Person

Angell, Herbert Raleigh (1893 - 1992)

OBE

Born
21 August 1893
Manchester, Jamaica
Died
25 January 1992
Mornington, Victoria, Australia
Occupation
Plant pathologist

Summary

Herbert Angell was a principal plant pathologist with CSIR/O 1940-1958 following his initial appointment to CSIR as a senior plant pathologist 1928-1940. He was responsible for considerably reducing losses through blue mould in tobacco and other plant diseases. His wartime research was on rotting of flax and diseases of flax. Angell was educated at Macdonald College in Canada and at the University of Wisconsin in the USA (BSA, MS, PhD) prior to his arrival in Australia.

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Chronology

1917 - 1918
Military service - First World War. Service in France and Italy
1925
Education - Bachelor of Science Agriculture (BSA), Macdonald College (McGill University), Montreal Island, Canada
1926
Education - Master of Science (MS), University of Wisconsin, USA
1928
Education - Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), University of Wisconsin, USA [Thesis: 'Purple Blotch of Onion (Macrosporium porri Ell.)']
1928 - 1940
Career position - Senior Plant Pathologist, CSIR (Council for Scientific and Industrial Research)
1929
Publication - Research on purple blotch in onion published
1929 - 1938
Publication - Research on downy mildew (blue mould) of tobacco and its prevention by benzol vapour published
1930
Publication - Research on the relation of protocatechuic acid to disease resistance in onion published
30 Oct 1930
Life event - Married Kate Rosalind Ramsay
1931
Publication - Research on the control of soft rot in pineapple by benzoic acid published
1934 - 1938
Publication - Discovered the early symptoms of and published research on flag smut and bunt of wheat
2 Jan 1939
Award - Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)
1940 - 1958
Career position - Principal Plant Pathologist, CSIR/CSIRO (Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation)
1943 - 1947
Publication - Research on take-all of wheat published
1945
Publication - Research on browning of flax published
1949 - 1954
Publication - Research on seedling blight of peas and poppy published
1949 - 1955
Publication - Research on brown rot of stone fruits published

Published resources

Book Sections

Reports

  • Dickson, B.T., The work of the Division of Economic Botany for the year 1928-29 (Melbourne: Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (Australia), 1929), 32 pp. https://doi.org/10.25919/jzrg-yf83. Details

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See also

Gavan McCarthy

Created: 20 October 1993, Last modified: 28 May 2025

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