Person
Teakle, Laurence John Hartley (Hartley) (1901 - 1979)
CMG
- Born
- 2 August 1901
Hawker, South Australia, Australia - Died
- 8 December 1979
Auchenflower, Queensland, Australia - Occupation
- Soil scientist and University Administrator
Summary
Hartley Teakle was a soil scientist whose expertise was in plant nutrition. For nearly 20 years he conducted soil surveys throughout Western Australia, particularly in the wheatbelts and other agricultural land. His focus was on salinity and the trace elements copper, manganese and zinc, as well as phosphate requirements of crops. His 1938 Presidential Address to the Royal Society of Western Australia on Western Australian soils and their properties served as the benchmark for all subsequent work. In 1947 he became Professor of Agriculture at the University of Queensland and continued to promote research into problems affecting the agricultural and pastoral industries. Teakle served as President of the Australian Society of Soil Science which, in 2010, inaugurated the L. J. H. Teakle Award. With R. A. Boyle he published Fertilizers for the Farm and Garden, 1958).
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Chronology
- 1923
- Education - Bachelor of Agricultural Science (BAgSc), University of Western Australia
- 1923
- Career position - Agricultural Advisor, Western Australian Department of Agriculture
- 1924
- Education - MS, University of California, Berkeley, U.S.A.
- 1927
- Education - Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), University of California, Berkeley, U.S.A.
- 1928 - 1946
- Career position - Research Officer, Western Australian Department of Agriculture
- 1929
- Career position - Associate, Royal Australian Chemical Institute
- 1929 - 1943
- Career position - Member of Council. Royal Society of Western Australia
- 1937 - 1938
- Career position - President, Royal Society of Western Australia
- 1946 - 1947
- Career position - Western Australian Commissioner for Soil Conservation
- 1947 - 1963
- Career position - Professor of Agriculture, University of Queensland
- 1951
- Award - Farrer Memorial Medal, Farrer Memorial Trust
- 1955 - 1957
- Career position - Inaugural President, Australian Society of Soil Science
- 1957 - 1963
- Career position - Chairman, Queensland Wheat Industry Research Committee
- 1960 - 1962
- Career position - President, Professorial Board, University of Queensland
- 1962 - 1979
- Award - Fellow, Australian Institute of Agricultural Science
- 1964 - 1970
- Career position - Deputy Vice-Chancellor, University of Queensland
- 1969
- Award - Honorary LLD, University of Queensland
- 1969
- Career position - Acting Vice-Chancellor, University of Queensland
- 1970
- Award - Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG)
- 1970
- Life event - Retired
- 1971 - 1979
- Award - Honorary Life Member, Royal Society of Western Australia
Related entries
Published resources
Book Sections
- Loneragan, Jack F., 'Teakle, Laurence John Hartley (1901-1979), Professor of Agriculture' in Australian dictionary of biography, volume 16: 1940 - 1980 Pik-Z, John Ritchie and Diane Langmore, eds (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 2002), p. 371. http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A160446b.htm. Details
Journal Articles
- B., G. H., 'Obituary: Laurence John Hartley Teakle (1901 - 1979)', Journal of Royal Society of Western Australia, 63 (1980), 63. Details
Resources
- Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q16008801. Details
- 'Teakle, L J Hartley (19010802-19791208)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-491617. Details
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