Knox, Robert Bruce (1938 - 1997)

Knox was Professor of Botany at the University of Melbourne 1974 - 1997 and Co-director of the Plant Cell Biology Research Centre 1982 - 1987. His research was centred on the reproductive systems of flowering plants.

Events

5 March 1938	Born United Kingdom
1959	BSc (Hons), University of Edinburgh
1962	PhD, University of Birmingham
1963 - 1964	NATO Research fellowship, CSIRO Division of Plant Industry
1964 - 1970	Lecturer in botany, Department of Botany, School of General Studies, Australian National University
1974 - 1976	Chairman, Victorian branch, Australian Society of Plant Physiologists
1974 - 1997	Senior lecturer 1970-73, Professor of Botany, University of Melbourne
1976	President, Botany section, ANZAAS Hobart congress
1977	Chairman, Botany section, ANZAAS, Melbourne
1982 - 1987	Co-director, Plant Cell Biology Research Centre, University of Melbourne
1984	DSc, University of Melbourne
1988 - ?	Deputy chairman, School of Botany
1989	Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science
1990 - 1997	President, International Association for Sexual Plant Reproduction
1995	Co-editor of Biology, a textbook aimed at first year undergraduates
30 August 1997	Died Melbourne

Director

• Plant Cell Biology Research Centre, Faculty of Science (1982 - )

  Co-director

  [1982 - 1987]

Professorial Chair

• Chair of Botany (1974), Faculty of Science (1974 - )

  [1974 - 1997]

• 'Knox, Robert Bruce (1938 - 1997), Biographical Entry', in Bright Sparcs, 2001 edn, 2001, http://www.asap.unimelb.edu.au/bsparcs/biogs/P003003b.htm.