Person
Thompson, Harold (1890 - 1957)
- Born
- 12 October 1890
Aberdeen, Scotland - Died
- 29 May 1957
Edinburgh, Scotland - Occupation
- Fisheries expert
Summary
Harold Thompson was the Officer-in-Charge of the CSIR Fisheries Investigations Section 9 November 1936 (prior to its formal establishement) to 9 May 1940. He was then made Chief of the CSIR/O Division of Fisheries 10 May 1940 to 15 December 1954. Prior to coming to Australia, Thompson was the British Government Fisheries Expert in Newfoundland, Canada, Dakin noted that he "is the best man that the British Empire can offer, and this view is shared by authorities in England, America and Norway" From "CSIRO at sea" (1988) page 19.
Details
Chronology events from "CSIRO at sea" (1988) page 212
Chronology
- March 1937
- Career position - Harold Thompson takes up duties as OIC ofCSIR "Fisheries Investigation Section"
- August 1937
- Event - Thompson recommends Port Hacking site for the fisheries laboratory, Council approves appointment ofE. J. Ferguson Wood, bacteriologist
- May 1940
- Career position - CSIR "Fisheries Investigation Section" renamed "Division of Fisheries "ยท Chief Harold Thompson
- August 1943
- Career position - Thompson appointed Controller of Fisheries during war period
- December 1954
- Career event - Harold Thompson retires; Maurice Blackburn appointed Acting Chief
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Published resources
Books
- Schedvin, C.B; Trace, K., Historical Directory of Council for Scientific and Industrial Research and Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization, 1926-1976 (Canberra: CSIRO, 1978), 101 pp. https://csiropedia.csiro.au/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/csiro_historical_directory_1926_1976.pdf. page 39. Details
Edited Books
- Mawson, Vivienne, Tranter, David J.; and Pearce, Alan F. eds, CSIRO at Sea: 50 Years of Marine Science (Hobart: CSIRO Marine Laboratories, 1988), 216 pp. Details
Journal Articles
- Tiat, J. B., 'Harold Thompson 1890-1957', ICES journal of marine science, 23 (2) (1958), 151-154, https://doi.org/10.1093/icesjms/23.2.151. Details
Resource Sections
- Anon, 'Development of fisheries: Australia's great possibilites', in The Chronicle : with which is incorporated the Weekly Mail, 1937, March 25 edn, Advertiser Newspapers Limited, Adelaide, South Australia, 1937. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article92468983. Details
Gavan McCarthy
Created: 28 February 2025