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Wardrop, Alan Buchanan (1921 - 2003)

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Born: 28 July 1921  Hobart, Tasmania, Australia.  Died: 20 May 2003.
Alan Buchanan Wardrop was Professor of Botany at La Trobe University, Melbourne, 1966-ca 1986. He interests included the structure and formation of plant cell walls, and lignification. His skill with the electron microscope and with microspectrophotometry contributed much to our understanding of how plant cell walls form, elongate, thicken and differentiate, and of how these processes influence the technical properties of wood.

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1942Bachelor of Science (BSc) completed at the University of Tasmania
1944Master of Science (MSc) completed at the University of Tasmania
1944 - 1945Royal Australian Air Force air crew training
1947 - 1950Research Scientist in the CSIRO (Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation) Division of Forest Products
1949Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) completed at the University of Leeds, UK
1950 - 1953Senior Research Scientist in the CSIRO Division of Forest Products
1952Edgeworth David Medal received from the Royal Society of New South Wales
1953 - 1956Principal Research Scientist in the CSIRO Division of Forest Products
1957 - 1964Senior Principal Research Scientist in the CSIRO Division of Forest Products
1958Doctor of Science (DSc) received from the University of Melbourne
1959 - 1964Research Scientist in charge of CSIRO Section of Wood and Fibre Structure
1964 - 1965Professor of Botany at the University of Tasmania
1966 - c. 1986Professor of Botany at La Trobe University
1976 - Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science (FAA)
c. 1986 - 2003Emeritus Professor of Botany at La Trobe University

 
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