Person
Stubbs, Lionel Leslie (1916 - 2003)
Stubbs, Lionel Leslie Portrait
Details
- Born
- 3 May 1916
Carlton, Victoria, Australia - Died
- 17 December 2003
Victoria, Australia - Occupation
- Plant pathologist, University Administrator and Virologist
Summary
Lionel Stubbs was a highly-respected pioneer in the study of plant viruses and their insect vectors. After graduating in agricultural science from the University of Melbourne, he joined the Plant Research Institute, Burnley, as Assistant Entomologist. His early research was in diseases caused by aphids and codlin moth. Within a few years his focus shifted to the diagnosis and epidemiology of viral plant diseases. During his 30 years at Burnley, he established best equipped and staffed plant virology unit in Australia. Diseases which he studied included those affecting citrus, lettuce, broad beans, carrots and strawberries. He was particularly concerned with the control of disease through the development of virus-free propagating material. In 1969 Stubbs became Professor of Plant Pathology in the Faculty of Agriculture at the University of Melbourne. He advocated for various of the plant sciences, then taught over a number of faculties, to be transferred to Agriculture. In addition he worked to improve the teaching of agricultural subjects and the funding of the Faculty. Stubbs was active in scientific circles, being President of the Royal Society of Victoria and the Australasian Plant Pathology Society.
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Chronology
- 1938
- Education - Bachelor of Agricultural Science (BAgSc), University of Melbourne
- 1939 - 1969
- Career position - Assistant Entomologist (later Principal Plant Pathologist), Plant Research Institute, Burnley, Victorian Department of Agriculture
- 1948
- Education - Master of Agricultural Science (MAgSc), University of Melbourne
- 1955 - 1956
- Award - Commonwealth Fund of New York Fellowship (supported by the Harkness family) for study of virology research programs, based at Department of Plant Pathology, University of California, Berkeley, California, U.S.A.
- 1966
- Career position - Chairman, Organising Committee, ACC/CSIRO Australian Plant Pathology Conference, Toowoomba, Queensland
- 1966
- Award - Australian Medal of Agricultural Science, Australian Institute of Agricultural Science
- 1967
- Career position - Australian correspondent for the Commonwealth Mycological Institute, United Kingdom
- 1969 - 1973
- Career position - Professor of Plant Pathology, Department of Agriculture, University of Melbourne
- 1973 - 1975
- Career position - Dean, Faculty of Agriculture and Forestry, University of Melbourne
- 1973 - 1981
- Career position - Professor of Plant Pathology, Faculty of Agriculture and Forestry, University of Melbourne
- 1974 - 1975
- Career position - President, Australasian Plant Pathology Society
- 1976 - 1978
- Career position - Member, Committee of Reference, Reserve Bank of Australia
- 1976 - 1981
- Career position - Member, Victorian Wheat Industry Research Committee
- 1978
- Career position - Chairman, Committee of Reference, Reserve Bank of Australia
- 1978 - 1996
- Award - Fellow, Australian Institute of Agricultural Science
- 1979 - 1980
- Career position - President, Royal Society of Victoria
- 1981
- Life event - Retired
- 1982 - ?
- Career position - Porfessor Emeritus, University of Melbourne
- 1997 - 2003
- Award - Fellow, Australian Institute of Agricultural Science and Technology
Related entries
Published resources
Journal Articles
- Parbery, D. G. and Greber, R. S., 'Lionel Leslie Stubbs, pioneer of Australian plant virology', Australasian plant pathology, 25 (1996), 261-70, https://doi.org/10/1071/APP6049. Details
- Stubbs, L. L., 'Plant pathology in Australia', Review of plant pathology, 50 (1971), 461-78. Details
- Stubbs, L. L., 'A discussion of past events and influences in the development of Australian plant virology', Australasian plant pathology, 23 (1994), 138-43. https://doi.org/10.1071/APP9940138. Details
Resources
- 'Stubbs, Lionel Leslie', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1475018. Details
Resource Sections
- Falvey, Lindsay and Bardsley, Barrie, 'Chapter 6: Agriculture at The University of Melbourne, 1905', in Agricultural and Related Education in the Victorian Colleges and the University of Melbourne, 1999, http://www.landfood.unimelb.edu.au/dean/book2/ch6.html. Details
See also
- Fish, Stanislaus, 'The history of plant pathology in Australia', Annual review of phytopathology, 8 (1970), 13-36. Details
Digital resources
Joanne Evans and Helen Cohn
Created: 24 August 2000, Last modified: 18 April 2024
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