Laurence John Hartley TeakleCMG (2 August 1901 – 8 December 1979) was Professor of Agriculture from 1947 until 1963 at the University of Queensland in Brisbane, Australia.[1]
From 1946-1947 he was the Western Australian Commissioner for Soil Conservation. He was a contentious Commissioner for his statements that some marginal parts of the state should not be settled. In 1964 he was appointed Deputy Vice Chancellor of the University and in 1969 he was awarded an honorary Doctorate of Laws.
He undertook work throughout Australia including for the National Capital Development Commission in Canberra in 1966 to determine whether forests could be harvested and still protect water quality. This was groundbreaking work.[1]
He retired from the University in 1970. The Hartley Teakle building at the University of Queensland is named after him. He was married and had one daughter and three sons. He is grandfather to birth activist, Bruce Teakle. He is buried at the Pinaroo Lawn Cemetery, Aspley, Brisbane.
Bibliographyedit
Fertilizers for the Farm and Garden, Teakle and R.A. Boyd, Sydney 1958
^Loneragan, Jack F. (2002). "Teakle, Laurence John Hartley (1901–1979)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. National Centre of Biography, the Australian National University. Retrieved 19 January 2019.
^ ab"Men of the oment". The West Australian. Vol. XLVI, no. 8, 627. Western Australia. 13 February 1930. p. 16. Retrieved 3 December 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
External linksedit
Australian Dictionary of Biography Online entry
Teakle, Laurence John Hartley (Hartley) (1901 - 1979) - entry on the Encyclopedia of Australian Science
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hartley, teakle, laurence, john, august, 1901, december, 1979, professor, agriculture, from, 1947, until, 1963, university, queensland, brisbane, australia, 1930he, born, hawker, south, australia, grew, near, geraldton, western, australia, educated, perth, mod. Laurence John Hartley Teakle CMG 2 August 1901 8 December 1979 was Professor of Agriculture from 1947 until 1963 at the University of Queensland in Brisbane Australia 1 Hartley Teakle c 1930He was born in Hawker South Australia 2 grew up near Geraldton Western Australia and was educated at Perth Modern School followed by the University of Western Australia He was awarded the Amy Saw scholarship and completed a year s research work at the University of California at Berkeley 3 In around 1928 he was employed at the State Department of Agriculture as a plant nutrition officer His expertise lay particularly into soil quality and structure In the 1930s he was responsible for authoring a report on soils salinity that put an end to the 3500 Farms Scheme in the eastern Wheatbelt region of Western Australia 3 From 1946 1947 he was the Western Australian Commissioner for Soil Conservation He was a contentious Commissioner for his statements that some marginal parts of the state should not be settled In 1964 he was appointed Deputy Vice Chancellor of the University and in 1969 he was awarded an honorary Doctorate of Laws He undertook work throughout Australia including for the National Capital Development Commission in Canberra in 1966 to determine whether forests could be harvested and still protect water quality This was groundbreaking work 1 He retired from the University in 1970 The Hartley Teakle building at the University of Queensland is named after him He was married and had one daughter and three sons He is grandfather to birth activist Bruce Teakle He is buried at the Pinaroo Lawn Cemetery Aspley Brisbane Bibliography editFertilizers for the Farm and Garden Teakle and R A Boyd Sydney 1958References edit a b Canberra s Engineering Heritage W C Andrews Institution of Engineers Canberra 1990 p111 Loneragan Jack F 2002 Teakle Laurence John Hartley 1901 1979 Australian Dictionary of Biography National Centre of Biography the Australian National University Retrieved 19 January 2019 a b Men of the oment The West Australian Vol XLVI no 8 627 Western Australia 13 February 1930 p 16 Retrieved 3 December 2018 via National Library of Australia External links editAustralian Dictionary of Biography Online entry UQ biography and photo Teakle Laurence John Hartley Hartley 1901 1979 entry on the Encyclopedia of Australian Science nbsp nbsp This biography of an Australian academic is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Hartley Teakle amp oldid 1216007164, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
