Professor Alan Wardrop interviewed by Dr Max Blythe
TitelProfessor Alan Wardrop interviewed by Dr Max Blythe
Reference240000130
Dato1998
IndholdsbeskrivelseVideo interview and transcript of interview.
Alan Buchanan Wardrop was born in Hobart in 1921. Wardrop was educated at the University of Tasmania, where he obtained a BSc in 1942 and an MSc in 1944 for his work in botany and chemistry. He then spent 1944 and 1945 training RAAF air crews. In 1945 he joined the CSIR (later to become CSIRO) Division of Forest Products and in 1946 was awarded an overseas research scholarship which led to a PhD in botany from the University of Leeds in the UK in 1949. He then returned to CSIRO, where he rose to the level of senior principal research scientist and officer-in-charge of the Section of Wood and Fibre Structure. He was awarded a DSc by the University of Melbourne in 1958.
Wardrop left the CSIRO in 1964 to return to the University of Tasmania as professor of botany. In 1966 he became the foundation professor of botany at La Trobe University, where he remained until his retirement in 1986, upon which he became emeritus professor in the Botany Department. He played an active role in the academic administration of the university. Professor Wardrop passed away in 2003.
Alan Buchanan Wardrop was born in Hobart in 1921. Wardrop was educated at the University of Tasmania, where he obtained a BSc in 1942 and an MSc in 1944 for his work in botany and chemistry. He then spent 1944 and 1945 training RAAF air crews. In 1945 he joined the CSIR (later to become CSIRO) Division of Forest Products and in 1946 was awarded an overseas research scholarship which led to a PhD in botany from the University of Leeds in the UK in 1949. He then returned to CSIRO, where he rose to the level of senior principal research scientist and officer-in-charge of the Section of Wood and Fibre Structure. He was awarded a DSc by the University of Melbourne in 1958.
Wardrop left the CSIRO in 1964 to return to the University of Tasmania as professor of botany. In 1966 he became the foundation professor of botany at La Trobe University, where he remained until his retirement in 1986, upon which he became emeritus professor in the Botany Department. He played an active role in the academic administration of the university. Professor Wardrop passed away in 2003.
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Personsøgeord Alan Wardrop, Max Blythe
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