Person

Dickson, Bertram Thomas (1886 - 1982)

CMG

Born
20 May 1886
Leicester, Leicestershire, England
Died
22 July 1982
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation
Agricultural scientist and Science administrator

Summary

Bert Dickson was a plant pathologist noted for his research into mosaic diseases. In 1952 he was awarded he Farrer Memorial Medal for his work in this field. Between 1928 and 1951 Dickson was successively Chief of the CSIR(O) Divisions of Economic Botany and Plant Industry.

For a list of works produced as a result of employment by CSIRO or its predecessors go the CSIRO Research Publications Repository (1917-) and search or browse by name.

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Chronology

1914 - 1918
Military service - First World War. Served with the British Army in France
1919 - 1926
Career position - Chair of Economic Botany, McGill University, Montreal, Canada
1926 - 1927
Career position - Chair of Plant Pathology, McGill University, Montreal, Canada
1928 - 1929
Career position - Chief, CSIR Division of Economic Botany
1929 - 1951
Career position - Chief, CSIRO Division of Plant Industry
1930
Career event - Elected Member (Botany and Forestry), Australian National Research Council
1937
Career event - Fellow, Australian and New Zealand Association for the Advancement of Science (ANZAAS)
1952
Award - Farrer Memorial Medal, Farrer Memorial Trust
1958 - 1982
Award - Life Member, Australian Institute of Agricultural Science
1960
Award - Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG) - Chairman of the Council of the Canberra University College

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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; Ken McInnes

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