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Rekord verktyg	Dr Max Day interviewed by Dr Max Blythe Remove from selection Add to selection TitelDr Max Day interviewed by Dr Max Blythe Referens240000040 Datum1993 UpphovsmanAustralian Academy of Science Omfattning och innehållDr Max Day studied botany and zoology at the University of Sydney, receiving a BSc in 1937. He left Australia for Harvard University in 1938 where he worked as a biological assistant and a Lehman Fellow. He was awarded a PhD in 1941 for his work on termites of the genus Stolotermes. After completing his PhD, Dr Day lectured in cytology and parasitology at Washington University, Missouri. After World War II, he worked as the scientific liaison officer at the Australian Scientific Research Liaison Office in Washington, DC; a position he was twice seconded to (1944–47 and 1955–57). In 1947 Dr Day returned to Australia and to the Division of Entomology in the CSIRO where he stayed for many years, holding a variety of positions. He was employed first as a research officer and then through various steps to chief research officer and finally served as assistant chief from 1963 to 1966. He was a member of the CSIRO Executive from 1966 to 1976. He served as the first chief of the CSIRO Division of Forest Research from 1976 to 1980. He was elected as a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science in 1956. SpråkEnglish Digital referens dr-max-day-ecologist Nyckelord för personer Maxwell Frank Cooper Day, Max Blythe ÄmneEcology, Entomology, CSIRO, Science--History, Science--Social aspects Villkor för tillgångThe Australian Academy of Science supports and encourages the use of its archive & library by making a material available to the public under Creative Commons CC BY-NC 4.0 see creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ BeskrivningsnivåItem Hierarkibläddrare MS240 Conversations with Australian Scientists 1995-currentfonds innehåller 152 [sv-SE]parts 240000040 Dr Max Day interviewed by Dr Max Blythe 1993Item

TitelDr Max Day interviewed by Dr Max Blythe

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Omfattning och innehållDr Max Day studied botany and zoology at the University of Sydney, receiving a BSc in 1937. He left Australia for Harvard University in 1938 where he worked as a biological assistant and a Lehman Fellow. He was awarded a PhD in 1941 for his work on termites of the genus Stolotermes. After completing his PhD, Dr Day lectured in cytology and parasitology at Washington University, Missouri. After World War II, he worked as the scientific liaison officer at the Australian Scientific Research Liaison Office in Washington, DC; a position he was twice seconded to (1944–47 and 1955–57). In 1947 Dr Day returned to Australia and to the Division of Entomology in the CSIRO where he stayed for many years, holding a variety of positions. He was employed first as a research officer and then through various steps to chief research officer and finally served as assistant chief from 1963 to 1966. He was a member of the CSIRO Executive from 1966 to 1976. He served as the first chief of the CSIRO Division of Forest Research from 1976 to 1980. He was elected as a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science in 1956.

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dr-max-day-ecologist

Nyckelord för personer Maxwell Frank Cooper Day, Max Blythe

ÄmneEcology, Entomology, CSIRO, Science--History, Science--Social aspects

Villkor för tillgångThe Australian Academy of Science supports and encourages the use of its archive & library by making a material available to the public under Creative Commons CC BY-NC 4.0 see creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/

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