Person
Henzell, Edward Frederick (Ted) (1929 - )
AO FTSE
- Born
- 13 April 1929
Brisbane, Queensland, Australia - Occupation
- Agricultural scientist and Science administrator
Summary
Edward Frederick Henzell has been recognised with the Centenary Medal (2001) and Officer of the Order of Australia (1983) for contributions to Agricultural Science in Australia. Part of this contribution includes time spent as Chief of the Division of Tropical Crops and Pastures, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) from 1977 to 1987. In 1992 Henzell was awarded the Farrer Memorial Medal.
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Chronology
- 1952
- Education - BAgrSc, University of Queensland
- 1952
- Award - Rhodes Scholarship
- 1955
- Education - DPhil, University of Oxford
- 1956 - 1959
- Career position - Research scientist, CSIRO Division of Plant Industry
- 1959 - 1970
- Career position - Research scientist, CSIRO Division of Tropical Pastures
- 1970 - 1973
- Career position - Assistant Chief, CSIRO Division of Pastures
- 1973 - 1976
- Career position - Assistant Chief, CSIRO Division of Tropical Agronomy
- 1976
- Award - Australian Medal f Agricultural Science, Australian Institute of Agricultural Science
- 1976 - 1996
- Award - Fellow, Australian Institute of Agricultural Science
- 1977 - 1987
- Career event - Chief, Division of Tropical Crops and Pastures, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO)
- 1979 - 1987
- Award - Fellow, Australian Academy of Technology Sciences (FTS)
- 1983
- Award - Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) - For public service in the field of agricultural science
- 1985 - 1986
- Career position - Acting Director, Institute of Biological Resources, CSIRO
- 1987
- Award - Fellow, Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering (FTSE) [Awarded by AATS 1979]
- 1988 - 1992
- Career position - Director, Institute of Plant Production and Processing, CSIRO
- 1992
- Award - Farrer Memorial Medal, Farrer Memorial Trust
- 1992 - 1995
- Career position - Chairman, Sugar Development and Research Corporation
- 1992 - 1997
- Career position - Member, Technical Advisory Committee, CG System
- 1992 - 2001
- Career position - Honorary Professor, University of Queensland
- 1996 -
- Award - Fellow, Australian Institute of Agricultural Science and Technology
- 1996
- Award - Doctor of Agricultural Science (DAgrSc), honoris causa, University of Queensland
- 2001
- Award - Centenary Medal - For service to Australian society in rural science and technology
Related entries
Archival resources
National Library of Australia
Published resources
Books
- Henzell, T., Memoirs of an agricultural scientist (Scotts Calley, California: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform, 2018), 276 pp. Details
- Henzell, Ted, Australian agriculture: its History and Challenges (Collingwood: CSIRO Publishing, 2007), 336 pp. Details
Resources
- 'Awarded honorary DAgrSc, 1996', Honorary awards recipients, University of Queensland, 2023, https://alumni.uq.edu.au/awards/honorary-awards-previous-recipients. Details
Resource Sections
- 'National Awards', in CSIROpedia, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), https://csiropedia.csiro.au/national-awards/. Details
- 'Plant Research Divisions', in CSIROpedia, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), https://csiropedia.csiro.au/plant-industry-1929/. Details
- 'Dr Edward Frederick Henzell, Officer of the Order of Australia', in It's an Honour, Australian Honours and Awards Secretariat, Australian Government Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet, 1983, https://honours.pmc.gov.au/honours/awards/886050. Details
- Wolff, Helen, 'Edward (Ted) Frederick Henzell', in CSIROpedia, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), 2018. https://csiropedia.csiro.au/ted-henzell/. Details
Elizabeth Daniels and Helen Cohn
Created: 19 December 2017, Last modified: 24 September 2024