Person
Currie, George Alexander (1896 - 1984)
- Born
- 13 August 1896
Grange, Banffshire, Scotland - Died
- 4 May 1984
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia - Occupation
- Agricultural scientist and Vice-Chancellor
Summary
George Currie was appointed Hackett Professor of Agriculture, University of Western Australia in 1939. He was specially commissioned in 1945 to make a survey and report to the Commonwealth Department of Post-War Reconstruction on rural training for ex-service personnel.
Details
Chronology
- 1923
- Education - Bachelor of Science (BSc) / Agricultural Science (BScAgr), University of Aberdeen in Scotland
- 1923 - 1926
- Career position - Manager of Salter Estates Co in Sarina, Queensland
- 1926 - 1929
- Career position - Assistant Entomologist with the Cotton Section Department of Agriculture and Stock in Brisbane
- 1929 - 1937
- Career position - Senior Research Officer in the Noxious Weeds Section of CSIR (Council for Scientific and Industrial Research) in Canberra
- 1936
- Education - Doctor of Science (DSc), University of Aberdeen
- 1937 - 1939
- Career position - Principal Research Officer for CSIR's Noxious Weeds Investigations
- 1939
- Career position - Hackett Professor of Agriculture, University of Western Australia
- 1940 - 1945
- Career position - Vice-Chancellor (part time), University of Western Australia
- 1946 - 1952
- Career position - Vice-Chancellor, University of Western Australia
- 1952 - 1962
- Career position - Vice-Chancellor, University of New Zealand
- 1955
- Award - Doctor of Laws (LLD), honoris causa, University of Melbourne
Related entries
Published resources
Books
- Currie, G. A., A Scientist in Search of Education. John Murtagh Macrosan Memorial Lecture (Brisbane: University of Queensland Press, 1948). Details
Book Sections
- Hutchison, D. E., 'Currie, Sir George Alexander (1896-1984)' in Australian dictionary of biography, volume 17: 1981 - 1990 A-K, Diane Langmore, ed. (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 2007). http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/currie-sir-george-alexander-12384. Details
Journal Articles
- 'Sir George Currie The Jolly Doctor Lives On', Currie Connect, 2 (1) (2011), http://www.web.uwa.edu.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0009/1593306/Currie-Connect-May.pdf. Details
- Currie, George and Graham, John, 'CSIR 1926-1939', Public Administration, 33 (1974), 230-52. Details
Resources
- Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q5536151. Details
- VIAF - Virtual International Authority File, OCLC, https://viaf.org/viaf/91312188. Details
- 'Currie, George (1896-1984)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-805362. Details
- 'Awarded honorary LLD, 1955', Honorary degree holders, University of Melbourne, 2023, https://about.unimelb.edu.au/notable-alumni-staff/honorary-degree-holders. Details
See also
- Sherratt, Tim, 'CSIRO' in Oxford Companion to Australian History, Graeme Davison; John Hirst; Stuart Macintyre, ed. (Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1998), pp. 164-165. http://www.asap.unimelb.edu.au/pubs/articles/tps/csiro_history.htm. Details
McCarthy, G.J.
Created: 20 October 1993, Last modified: 25 November 2022
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