Person
Baas Becking, Laurens Gerhard Marinus (1895 - 1963)
- Born
- 4 January 1895
Deventer, Netherlands - Died
- 6 January 1963
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia - Occupation
- Botanist and Microbiologist
Summary
Laurens Baas-Becking was Professor of Botany, Leiden University, Director of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Buitenzorg, Java and then a member of the Botany Department, University of Sydney 1951-1952. He also worked for the Bureau of Mineral Resources and the CSIRO (Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation).
Details
Chronology
- c. 1915
- Education - Bachelor of Arts (AB) completed in Utrecht, Holland
- c. 1918
- Education - Master of Arts (MA), Utrecht, Holland
- 1921
- Education - Doctor of Science (DSc), Utrecht, Holland
- 1921
- Education - Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Stanford University, USA
- 1921 - 1931
- Career position - Research Assistant then Assistant Professor, then Herrzstein Professor of General Physiology at Stanford University, USA
- 1931 - 1939
- Career position - Professor of General Botany at Leiden, Holland
- 1939 - 1940
- Career position - Western Director of Science and Director of the Royal Botanic Garden in Buitenzorg, Java
- c. 1943
- Life event - Leader of the Dutch underground movement during World War II
- 1945 - 1949
- Career position - Head of the Field Branch of the Relief Prisoners of War and Civil Internees in the South-East Asia Command
- 1945 - 1949
- Career position - Western Director of Science and Director of the Royal Botanic Garden in Buitenzorg, Java
- 1949 - 1950
- Career position - Director of Research, South Pacific Commission
- 1951 - 1952
- Career position - Department of Botany, University of Sydney
- c. 1953 - c. 1957
- Career position - Division of Fisheries at CSIRO (Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation) in Cronulla, New South Wales
- c. 1958 - c. 1959
- Career position - Bureau of Mineral Resources
- 1960 - 1962
- Career position - Division of Plant Industry at CSIRO
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
- Went, F. W., 'Dr L. G. M. Baas-Becking', Nature, 198 (4876) (1963), 134. Details
Resources
- 'Baas-Becking, L G M (18950104-19630106)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1186595. Details
McCarthy, G.J.
Created: 20 October 1993, Last modified: 26 March 2007
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