Person

Turner, Arthur William (1900 - 1989)

FAA OBE

Born
17 August 1900
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Died
20 December 1989
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Occupation
Veterinary scientist and Bacteriologist

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.

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* 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 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
1954 - 1989
Award - Foundation Fellow, Australian Academy of Science (FAA)
1958
Award - Gilruth Prize for Meritorious Service to Veterinary Science, Australian Veterinary Association

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  • 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

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