Turner, Arthur William (1900 - 1989)

Summary

Arthur Turner was the Officer-in-Charge of the Animal Health Research Laboratory, CSIR/O Division of Animal Health and Nutrition (later Production), Parkville 1936-1954, he was then Assistant Chief of the Division until 1960. The work he and his collaborators undertook on Contagious Bovine Pleuropneumonia (CBPP) established confidence in the complement fixation test for diagnosis and identified the value of vaccination and its occasional shortcomings. The work was the basis of a national eradication campaign leading to Australia being declared officially free of CBPP in 1973.

Details

* Life Member, Australian Veterinary Association;
* Foundation Life Fellow, Australian College of Veterinary Scientists.

Chronology

1923

Education - Bachelor of Veterinary Science (BVSc), University of Melbourne

1924

Career position - Walter & Eliza Hall Fellow, Veterinary School, University of Melbourne

1926 - 1927

Career position - Rockefeller Foundation Fellow, Institut Pasteur, Paris

1927 - 1928

Career position - Institute of Animal Pathology, Cambridge

1928 - 1932

Career position - CSIR Veterinary Research Institute

1930

Education - Doctor of Veterinary Science (DVSc), University of Melbourne

1932

Career event - Elected Member (Veterinary Science), Australian National Research Council

1932

Award - David Syme Research Prize, University of Melbourne

1932 - 1936

Career position - Head, Animal Health Station, Oonoonbah, Townsville, Queensland [which was on loan from Queensland Department of Agriculture and Stock]

1936 - 1954

Career position - Chief Bacteriologist, CSIR/O Division of Animal Health and Nutirition and Officer-in-Charge, Animal Health Research Laboratory

1937

Career event - Fellow, Australian and New Zealand Association for the Advancement of Science (ANZAAS)

1938

Award - Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) - Senior Bacteriologist at the CSIRO

1947

Career event - President, Section L (Veterinary Science), Australian and New Zealand Association for the Advancement of Science

1954 - 1960

Career position - Assistant Chief, CSIR/O Division of Animal Health and Production (from 1959 CSIRO Division of Animal Health)

1954 - 1989

Award - Fellow, Australian Academy of Science (FAA)

1958

Award - Gilruth Prize for Meritorious Service to Veterinary Science, Australian Veterinary Association

Related entries

Published resources

Journal Articles

• French, E. L.; and Sutherland, A. K., 'Arthur William Turner 1900-1989', Historical Records of Australian Science, 9 (1) (1992), 49-63. https://doi.org/10.1071/HR9920910049. Details
• Schedvin, C. B., 'Environment, Economy and Australian Biology 1890-1939', Historical Studies, 21 (1984), 11-28. Details
• Turner, A. W., 'Gilruth's Work with the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, 1929-1936', Australian Veterinary Journal, 13 (1937), 112-115. Details
• Turner, A. W., 'Gilruth Prize award: Arthur William Turner, O.B.E., D.V.Sc., D.Sc., F.A.A.', Australian Veterinary Journal, 34 (8) (1958), 262-4. Details

Resources

• Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28062430. Details
• 'Turner, Arthur William (1900-1989)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1473119. Details

Resource Sections

• French, E. L.; and Sutherland, A. K., 'Arthur William Turner 1900-1989', in Australian Academy of Science Biographical Memoirs, Australian Academy of Science, 2006, https://www.science.org.au/fellowship/fellows/biographical-memoirs/arthur-william-turner-1900-1989. Details
• Ward, C., 'Arthur William Turner', in CSIROpedia, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), 2011, https://csiropedia.csiro.au/Turner-Arthur-William. Details

See also

• French, E. L.; and Stewart, D.F., 'Lionel Bately Bull, 1889-1978', Historical Records of Australian Science, 5 (4) (1983), 90-110. https://doi.org/10.1071/HR9830540090. Details