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Robert Lovell Reid, FRSE (11 April 1921 – 23 September 1996) was an Australian agricultural scientist.

Life[edit]

He was born in Melbourne on 11 April 1921. His family then moved to Sydney in 1928 where he was educated at Fort Street High School. He then studied Agricultural Science at the University of Sydney, graduating BSc. in 1944. He then went to England to gain a doctorate (PhD) at Cambridge University.

In the 1960s, he went to Scotland as assistant director of the Hill Farming Research Organisation and was later promoted to be its Director.[1]

In 1967, he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. His proposers were George Boddie, Arthur Wannop, Sir Stephen J. Watson, and John Stamp.[2]

He was the founding professor of Agricultural Science at La Trobe University in 1968.[1] The R. L. Reid Building in the university is named after him.[3]

He retired in 1979 and died in Canberra on 23 September 1996.

Family[edit]

He was married to Catherine Helen Macgregor (d.1980). Their children included Ronia Julie Reid.

Publications[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "Reid, Robert Lovell (Bob)". Encyclopedia of Australian Science. Retrieved 8 July 2020.
  • ^ Biographical Index of Former Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 1783–2002 (PDF). The Royal Society of Edinburgh. July 2006. ISBN 0-902-198-84-X.
  • ^ "R.L. Reid Building, La Trobe University (2011). Robert Lovell Reid was Founding and Emeritus Professor of Agriculture from 1968 to 1979. This building houses Agricultural Sciences". Mapio.net. Retrieved 8 July 2020.

  • Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Robert_Lovell_Reid&oldid=1177415551"

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