Person

Darnell-Smith, George Percy (1868 - 1942)

Born
15 October 1868
Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire, England
Died
11 April 1942
Manly, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation
Biologist, Botanic gardens director and Plant pathologist

Summary

George Darnell-Smith was a noted as a plant pathologist. He joined the New South Wales Bureau of Microbiology in 1909, moving to the Department of Agriculture in 1913 when it assumed the responsibilities of the Bureau. Between 1913 and 1927 he was Government biologist. During his early years with the Department he published over 80 papers, mainly in the Agricultural gazette of New South Wales, on a wide variety of topics including fungal diseases of crops, bee diseases, flying foxes, and tobacco curing. His major contribution to agriculture was in developing copper carbonate powder, a fungicide against bunt disease of wheat, which was adopted world-wide by the 1920s. In 1924 Darnell-Smith became Director of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Sydney, which position he held concurrently with that of Government Biologist. He retired as Director in 1933. He was a long-standing Member of the Linnean Society of New South Wales.

Details

Chronology

1891
Education - Bachelor of Science (BSc), University of London
1893 - 1907
Career position - Lecturer in chemistry and biology, Merchant Venturers' Technical College, Bristol, United Kingdom
1900
Career event - Elected Member, Institute of Chemistry, United Kingdom
1907 - 1909
Career position - Assistant Director, Technical Education, New Zealand
1909 - 1913
Career position - Assistant Microbiologist, Bureau of Microbiology, Sydney
1909 - 1942
Career position - Member, Linnean Society of New South Wales
1910
Education - Bachelor of Science (BSc), ad eundem, University of Bristol
1913 - 1927
Career position - Government Biologist, Department of Agriculture, New South Wales
1918
Education - Doctor of Science (DSc), University of Sydney [Supervised by A Lawson]
1924 - 1933
Career position - Director, Royal Botanic Gardens, Sydney
1926
Career event - Elected Member (Botany), Australian National Research Council
1937
Career event - Fellow, Australian and New Zealand Association for the Advancement of Science (ANZAAS)

Archival resources

New South Wales Department of Agriculture

  • George Percy Darnell-Smith - Records, 1913 - 1933; New South Wales Department of Agriculture. Details

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