Person

Bell, Arthur Frank (1899 - 1958)

Born
9 November 1899
Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Died
14 May 1958
Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Occupation
Agricultural scientist, Public service administrator and Sugar technologist

Summary

Arthur Bell was appointed Plant Pathologist at the Queensland Bureau of Sugar Experiment Stations in 1928 and became expert in cane diseases. He was involved in the introduction of cane toads to control cane beetles. From 1943 to 1947 he was Director of the Bureau. His involvement in research on cane diseases included four years as General Secretary of the International Society of Sugar Cane Technologists. In 1947 Bell became the first qualified scientist to be appointed Under Secretary of the Queensland Department of Agriculture and Stock. He served terms in leadership roles in the Australian Institute of Agricultural Science, the Queensland Society for Sugar Cane Technology, and the Queensland State Committee of CSIR(O). The A. F. Bell Memorial Medal for Agricultural Science has been awarded annually since 1959 to an honours student at the University of Queensland by the Queensland branch of the Australian Institute of Agricultural Science

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Chairman, Milk Board, Chairman, United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization state Committee,.

Chronology

1916 - 1917
Career position - Junior assistant, Queensland Department of Agriculture and Stock
1917 - 1918
Military service - Served with the AIF
1919
Education - Attended Manchester College of Technology, United Kingdom
1924 - 1928
Award - Sugar research travelling scholarship
1925
Education - Bachelor of Science (BSc), University of Queensland
1926
Education - Master of Science (MSc), University of California, U.S.A.
1927
Education - Diploma of Membership, Imperial College, London
1928 - 1935
Career position - Plant Pathologist, Queensland Bureau of Sugar Experiment Stations
1932 - 1935
Career position - General Secretary, International Society of Sugar Cane Technologists
1935 - 1943
Career position - Assistant Director, Queensland Bureau of Sugar Experiment Stations
1939 - 1940
Career position - President, Queensland Branch, Australian Institute of Agricultural Science
1941 - 1946
Career position - President, Queensland Society for Sugar Cane Technologists
1943 - 1947
Career position - Director, Queensland Bureau of Sugar Experiment Stations
1945 - 1947
Career position - Assistant Under-Secretary (Technical), Queensland Department of Agriculture and Stock
1947 - 1958
Career position - Under-Secretary, Queensland Department of Agriculture and Stock
1948
Career position - President, Australian Institute of Agricultural Science
1948 - 1949
Career position - Chariman, Queensland State Committee, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research
1949 - 1955
Career position - Chariman, Queensland State Committee, CSIRO
1954
Award - Australian Medal of Agricultural Science, Australian Institute of Agricultural Science
1956
Award - Farrer Memorial Medal, Farrer Memorial Trust
1958
Award - Fellow, Australian Institute of Agricultural Science

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Book Sections

  • Lloyd, Peter L., 'Bell, Arthur Frank (1899-1958), agricultural scientist and public servant' in Australian dictionary of biography, volume 13: 1940 - 1980 A-De, John Ritchie, ed. (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1993), pp. 155-156, http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A130182b.htm. Details

Journal Articles

  • Griggs, Peter, 'Defeating Cane Diseases: Plant Pathologists and the Development of Disease Control Strategies in the Australian Sugar Cane Industry, 1920-1950', Historical Records of Australian Science, 18 (1) (2007), 43-73, https://doi.org/10.1071/HR06008. Details

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