Person

Kessell, Stephen Lackey (1897 - 1979)

Born
17 March 1897
Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia
Died
29 June 1979
Armadale, Victoria, Australia
Occupation
Ecology and Conservation and Forester

Summary

Stephen Kessell succeeded C. E. Lane-Poole as Conservator of Forests, Western Australia from 1923 to 1941. He was then appointed Controller of Timber, Commonwealth Department of Supply and Development (1941-1945) and Managing Director of Australian Newsprint Mills (1945-1962).

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Chronology

1922
Career event - Elected Associate Member (Botany), Australian National Research Council
1923 - 1941
Career position - Conservator of the Forests of Western Australia
1925
Taxonomy event - Eucalyptus kessellii Maiden & Blakely named in Kessell's honour
1932
Career event - Elected Member (Botany and Forestry), Australian National Research Council
1936 - 1938
Career position - Foundation President of the Institute of Foresters of Australia
1941 - 1946
Career position - Commonwealth Controller of Timber
1946 - 1963
Career position - Managing Director of Australian Newsprint Mills

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Published resources

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Books

  • Kessell, S.L.; and Gardner, C.A., Key to the eucalypts of Western Australia: with descriptive and botanical notes concerning all arborescent species of eucalyptus known to be indigenous to Western Australia (Perth, W.A.: Forests Department, 1924), 128 pp. Details

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See also

McCarthy, G.J.

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