Background
He was born on 21 May 1926 in Edinburgh and gained a Bachelor of Science degree at Edinburgh University.
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Allen Kerr
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University of Edinburgh.
Career
Foreign the American state legislator, see Allen Kerr (Arkansas politician)
His most significant work was his study of crown gall - a plant cancer induced by Agrobacterium tumerfaciens. From 1947-1951 he was Assistant Mycologist at the North of Scotland College of Agriculture. From 1951-1980 he was Lecturer, then Senior Lecturer, then Reader in Plant Pathology at the University of Adelaide.
From 1978-1983 he was Vice-President of the International Society for Plant Pathology.
From 1980-1983 he was President of the Australasian Plant Pathology Society. In 1978 he was elected Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science.
In 1986 he was elected Fellow of the Royal Society. In 1990 he became Head of the Department of Plant Pathology at the University of Adelaide, and in 1991 he became Head of the Department of Crop Protection at the University of Adelaide.
He retired in 1991, but since then has received many awards.
Achievements
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1978 - Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science (Federal Aviation Administration) 1978 - Walter Buffitt Prize of the Royal Society of New South Wales 1982 - Ruth Allen Award of the American Phytopathological Society 1986 - Fellow of the Royal Society (Federal Reserve System) 1990 - Inaugural Australia Prize 1991 - Foreign Associate of the United States National Academy of Sciences 1991 - Elvin Charles Stackman Award of the University of Minnesota 1992 - Officer of the Order of Australia (Association for the Study of Internal Fixation) 1995 - Fellow of the Australasian Plant Pathology Society 1996 - Fellow of the American Phytopathological Society 2001 - Fellow of the American Academy of Microbiology.
Membership
Royal Society; National Academy of Sciences.
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Nationality
Scottish
Education
Awards
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Fellow of the Royal Society; Officer of the Order of Australia Australia Prize; Officer of the Order of Australia 1978 - Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science (FAA) 1978 - Walter Buffitt Prize of the Royal Society of New South Wales 1982 - Ruth Allen Award of the American Phytopathological Society 1986 - Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS) 1990 - Inaugural Australia Prize 1991 - Foreign Associate of the US National Academy of Sciences 1991 - Elvin Charles Stackman Award of the University of Minnesota 1992 - Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) 1995 - Fellow of the Australasian Plant Pathology Society 1996 - Fellow of the American Phytopathological Society 2001 - Fellow of the American Academy of MicrobiologyFellow of the Royal Society; Officer of the Order of Australia Australia Prize; Officer of the Order of Australia 1978 - Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science (FAA) 1978 - Walter Buffitt Prize of the Royal Society of New South Wales 1982 - Ruth Allen Award of the American Phytopathological Society 1986 - Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS) 1990 - Inaugural Australia Prize 1991 - Foreign Associate of the US National Academy of Sciences 1991 - Elvin Charles Stackman Award of the University of Minnesota 1992 - Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) 1995 - Fellow of the Australasian Plant Pathology Society 1996 - Fellow of the American Phytopathological Society 2001 - Fellow of the American Academy of Microbiology