Walter Lawry Waterhouse

Walter Lawry Waterhouse MC (31 August 1887 – 9 December 1969) was an Australian agricultural scientist, a fellow of the Australian Academy of Science and Clarke Medallist. [ [http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A120440b.htm Australian Dictionary of Biography: Waterhouse, Walter Lawry (1887 - 1969)] Retrieved 10.10.2007]

Early life

Waterhouse was born in West Maitland, New South Wales, the son of educator John Waterhouse and the grandson of Wesleyan minister Jabez Waterhouse. He was educated at Sydney Boys' High School, where his father was headmaster, and later at Hawkesbury Agricultural College where he gained a diploma in 1907. He enlisted in World War I, and was awarded the Military Cross.

cientific career

In 1918 Waterhouse studied at the Imperial College of Science and Technology, London, and obtained its diploma in 1921. He developed varieties of wheat which resisted rust. He was awarded the Clarke Medal by the Royal Society of New South Wales in 1943.

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