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

Archival resources

National Library of Australia

  • Biographical cuttings on Edward F. Henzell, containing one or more cuttings from newspapers or journals, 1919150; National Library of Australia. Details

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

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See also

Elizabeth Daniels and Helen Cohn

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