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Baas Becking, Laurens Gerhard Marinus (1895 - 1963)

Botanist and Microbiologist

Born: 4 January 1895 Deventer, Netherlands. Died: 6 January 1963 Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia.

Laurens Gerhard M. Baas- Becking was Professor of Botany, Leiden University, Director of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Buitenzorg, Java and then a member of the Botany Department, University of Sydney 1951-52. He also worked for the Bureau of Mineral Resources and the CSIRO (Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation).

Career Highlights

Chronology
c. 1915 Bachelor of Arts (AB) completed in Utrecht, Holland
c. 1918 Master of Arts (MA) completed at Utrecht, Holland
1921 Doctor of Science (DSc) received from Utrecht, Holland
1921 Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) completed at Stanford University, USA
1921 - 1931 Research Assistant then Assistant Professor, then Herrzstein Professor of General Physiology at Stanford University, USA
1931 - 1939 Professor of General Botany at Leiden, Holland
1939 - 1940 Western Director of Science and Director of the Royal Botanic Garden in Buitenzorg, Java
c. 1943 Leader of the Dutch underground movement during World War II
1945 - 1949 Head of the Field Branch of the Relief Prisoners of War and Civil Internees in the South-East Asia Command
1945 - 1949 Western Director of Science and Director of the Royal Botanic Garden in Buitenzorg, Java
1949 - 1950 Director of Research at the South Pacific Commission
1951 - 1952 Department of Botany at the University of Sydney
c. 1953 - c. 1957 Division of Fisheries at CSIRO (Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation) in Cronulla, New South Wales
c. 1958 - c. 1959 Bureau of Mineral Resources
1960 - 1962 Division of Plant Industry at CSIRO

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Prepared by: McCarthy, G.J.
Created: 20 October 1993
Modified: 12 September 2005

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