(1899-02-22)22 February 1899 Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia
Died
20 June 1959(1959-06-20) (aged 60) Victoria, Australia
Spouse
Janet Carter
Education
Newington College University of Sydney
Occupation
Veterinary scientist
Awards
James Cook Medal (1956)
Sir William Ian Clunies RossCMG FAA (22 February 1899 – 20 June 1959) was an Australian veterinary scientist. He has been described as the "architect" of Australia's scientific boom, for his stewardship of the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), the Australian scientific organisation.[1]
^Australian Dictionary of Biography Retrieved 12 September 2013.
Sir William IanCluniesRoss CMG FAA (22 February 1899 – 20 June 1959) was an Australian veterinary scientist. He has been described as the "architect"...
active in non-league football IanRoss (newsreader) (1940–2014), former Australian television news presenter Sir IanCluniesRoss (1899–1959), Australian veterinary...
reconstituted the organisation and its administrative structure. Under IanCluniesRoss as chairman, CSIRO pursued new areas such as radio astronomy and industrial...
banknotes.rba.gov.au. Reserve Bank of Australia. Retrieved 9 February 2015. Ian W. Pitt, ed. (2000). Renniks Australian Coin and Banknote Values (19th ed...
Australian modernist architecture Streets of Your Town presented by Tim Ross. On 20 January 2020 the Dome was seriously damaged by a hailstorm with smashed...
developed in discussion with his senior colleagues Lionel B. Bull and IanCluniesRoss. In 1945, as part of Australia's post War economic development plan...
include Professor J.D. Stewart (who was the first AVA President), IanCluniesRoss (former head of the CSIRO), and parasitologist Hugh Gordon. The AVA...
engagement to Lady Diana Spencer Caroline Chisholm $5 N P 1967–91 Sir IanCluniesRoss, CMG $50 N P 1974–95 Captain James Cook, RN £1 N P 1923–32 £10 N W...
martyr and saint (d. 1927) George O'Hara, American actor (d. 1966) IanCluniesRoss, Australian scientist (d. 1959) Dechko Uzunov, Bulgarian painter (d...
1934–1936 Sir Thomas Bavin(1874–1940) 1936–1941 Professor (later Sir) IanCluniesRoss(1899–1859) 1942–1945 (Later Sir) Philip David Phillips(1897–1970) 1945–1946...
ISSN 1833-7538. Retrieved 3 April 2022. Schedvin, C. B. (1993). "CluniesRoss, Sir William Ian (1899–1959)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Vol. 13. National...
the Minerals and Energy Research Institute of Western Australia Sir IanCluniesRoss (1912–1916) – former chairman CSIRO Sir Talbot Duckmanton CBE (1934–1938)...
biological control for the rabbits, Fenner, Frank Macfarlane Burnet and IanCluniesRoss famously injected themselves with myxoma virus, to prove it was not...
M.R. Lemberg 1961 Sir John Eccles 1959 Albert Schweitzer 1956 Sir IanCluniesRoss 1955 A.P. Elkin 1954 Sir Frank M. Burnet 1953 Sir David Rivett 1952...
international affairs, among them being Sir John Latham, Sir Owen Dixon, Sir IanCluniesRoss, E.C. Dyason, and Professors Norman Harper and Macmahon Ball. As one...
January – Ernestine Hill, travel writer (died 1972) 22 February – IanCluniesRoss, scientist (died 1959) 7 March – Eddie Ward, politician (died 1963)...
other three posthumous charter members are Australian botanist Sir IanCluniesRoss, former President of the International Council of Scientific Research...
commerce Donald Cleland 1961 Administrator of Papua New Guinea [664] IanCluniesRoss 1954 Chairman of the CSIRO [665] Timothy Coghlan 1914 Agent-General...
worked briefly in an architect's office before taking a position as IanCluniesRoss' secretary at the McMaster Animal Health Laboratory of the Council...
January 1946 – 18 May 1949 Preceded by George Julius Succeeded by IanCluniesRoss Chief Executive of the CSIRO In office 1 January 1927 – 31 December...
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