Dr John Turnbull ‘Lindsay Pryor: A Man of the Trees’

John, formerly from CSIRO, will cover the career of Lindsay Pryor (1915-1998). He was a forester, botanist, landscape architect and educator whose legacy involved the biology and cultivation of native and exotic trees in Canberra, elsewhere in Australia and internationally.

Abstract

Biography
Dr John Turnbull has degrees in forestry from the University of Wales and the ANU. He worked for many years as a CSIRO scientist on the cultivation and genetic improvement of Australian trees in Australia and Internationally. He retired in 1999 as Chief Scientist at the Centre for International Forestry Research where he was involved with rain forest conservation and rehabilitation. He has been a volunteer guide at ANBG for over 20 years

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