Person
Fornachon, John Charles Macleod (1905 - 1968)
- Born
- 28 December 1905
Wayville, South Australia, Australia - Died
- 25 August 1968
Adelaide, South Australia, Australia - Occupation
- Microbiologist
Summary
John Fornachon was appointed to the staff of the Waite Agricultural Research Institute in 1935. Over the next twenty years he established an international reputation for his studies on bacterial spoilage of fortified wines and on the microbiology of flor sherry. He became foundation Director of the Australian Wine Research Institute 1955-1968. He lectured on wine microbiology at the University of Adelaide and Roseworthy Agricultural College and was regarded as the technical spokesman of the Australian wine industry on a variety of matters.
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Published resources
Book Sections
- Hankel, Valmai A., 'Fornachon, John Charles Macleod (1905-1968), Wine Microbiologist' in Australian dictionary of biography, volume 14: 1940 - 1980 Di-Kel, John Ritchie, ed. (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1996), pp. 200-201. http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A140216b.htm. Details
Journal Articles
- 'Obituary: J. C.M. Fornachon', Journal of the Australian Institute of Agricultural Science, 34 (4) (1968), 244. Details
- Rankine, B. C., 'Obituary: J.C.M. Fornachon, 1905-1968', Australian Journal of Science, 31 (5) (1968), 183. Details
Resources
- Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q21535301. Details
- VIAF - Virtual International Authority File, OCLC, https://viaf.org/viaf/93252828. Details
- 'Fornachon, J C M (1905-1968)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-562374. Details
See also
- Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering, Technology in Australia 1788-1988, Online edn, Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre, Melbourne, 3 May 2000, http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/tia/index_f.html. Details
- Stephens, C.G.; and Quirk, J.P., 'James Arthur Prescott 1890-1987', Historical Records of Australian Science, 7 (3) (1988), 299-313. https://doi.org/10.1071/HR9880730299. Details
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