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Patton, Reuben Tom (1883 - 1962)

Botanist

Born: 15 August 1883 Yarrawonga, Victoria, Australia. Died: 24 June 1962.

Patton was Lecturer then Senior Lecturer in Agricultural Botany and Plant Pathology, University of Melbourne 1921-48. President of the Royal Society of Victoria 1941-42. During World War II he was employed in strategic mapping. He published "Know your own trees" and "Garden farming".

Online Resources

'Patton, Reuben Tom (1883 - 1962), Biographical Entry', in Bright Sparcs, 2001 edn, 2001, http://www.asap.unimelb.edu.au/bsparcs/biogs/P000697b.htm.

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Prepared by: Carolyn Rasmussen & Rachel Tropea
Created: 4 September 2001
Modified: 25 March 2003

Published by Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre on AustehcWeb, October 2001
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Updated: 16 November 2009
http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/umfs/biogs/UMFS111b.htm

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