Max Day
Maxwell Frank Cooper Day AO FAA (21 December 1915 – 31 July 2017) was an Australian ecologist and the oldest living Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science. Born in Sydney, New South Wales, he turned 100 in December 2015. He is well known for his work on myxomatosis and the myxoma virus in the 1940s in conjunction with Professor Frank Fenner.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12]
Day studied science at the University of Sydney, graduating BSc and being awarded the university medal in 1937. He completed a PhD at Harvard in 1941 as a Lehman Fellow, and worked for the Australian Government in Washington DC where he joined CSIRO in 1944. He was elected a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science in 1956.[2][11][12]
He served as the first Chief of the CSIRO Division of Forest Research from 1976 to 1980.[2]
His last published work was written when he was aged 97. He died aged 101 on 31 July 2017 in Canberra.[11][12]
References edit
- ^ Naomi Russo (21 December 2015). "On this day: Happy 100th birthday to Dr Max Day". Australian Geographic.
- ^ a b c Maxwell Frank Cooper Day, CSIROpedia
- ^ M Blythe (1993). "Dr Max Day, ecologist". Interviews with Australian Scientists - transcript. Australian Academy of Science.
- ^ Day, M. F. (Maxwell Frank) (1915-), trove.nla.gov.au
- ^ Dr Maxwell Day 24 December 2016 at the Wayback Machine, www.science.org.au
- ^ McCarthy GJ (2011). "Biographical entry: Day, Maxwell Frank Cooper 1915-". Encyclopedia of Australian Science.
- ^ Featured Fellow—Max Day, www.science.org.au
- ^ "100 years of Dr Max Day". Australian Academy of Science Newsletter 100. Australian Academy of Science. June 2015.
- ^ Officer of the Order of Australia, It's an Honour, 6 June 1977
- ^ Centenary Medal, It's an Honour, 1 January 2001. "For service to Australian society and science.
- ^ a b c Tiger Webb (7 December 2015). "Max Day, Australia's oldest scientist". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 21 February 2017.
- ^ a b c "Environmental scientist Dr Max Day dies aged 101". Canberra Times. 3 August 2017.
External links edit
- Jon Day (December 2015). "All in a Day's work ... Memoirs, stories, articles and images of Dr Max Day AO FAA compiled to celebrate Max's 100th birthday, 21 December 2015" (PDF). ceh.environmentalhistory-au-nz.org.