Birch, Charles (1918-2009)

Also known as
Birch, L. C. (Louis Charles) (1918-2009)
Birch, L. Charles, (Louis Charles) (1918-2009)
Birch, Louis Charles (1918-2009)
Field of activity
Zoologist
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Charles Birch was Professor of Zoology, University of Sydney 1960-1963 and then Professor of Biological Sciences 1963-1983.

Born Melbourne, 8 February 1918. Educated Universities of Melbourne (BAgrSc 1939) and Adelaide (DSc 1948). Research entomologist, Waite Agricultural Research Institute, University of Adelaide 1939-45; Research Fellow, University of Chicago 1946; senior overseas CSIRO Research Scholarship, Bureau of Animal Population, Department of Zoological Field Studies, Oxford University 1947; senior lecturer in zoology, University of Sydney 1948-53; reader 1954-60; Challis Professor of Zoology 1960-63; Challis Professor of Biology 1963-83; Emeritus Professor since 1983. David Syme Prize, University of Melbourne 1954; Fellow, Australian Academy of Science 1961; Member of the Club of Rome 1974; Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science 1980.

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Encyclopedia of Australian Science

  1. Herbert George Andrewartha 1907-1992Historical Records of Australian Science 9 3 258-268 : Herbert George Andrewartha 1907-1992
    Birch, L.C.; Browning, T. O.
    [1993]
  2. National Library of Australia Oral History Collection: Louis Charles ("Charles") Birch - Records (1940 - 1972)
    Oral history recording with Hazel de Berg 21 November 1972, c60 minutes, 20 page transcript [DeB 639].
    DeB 639
  3. University of Sydney, Archives: Louis Charles ("Charles") Birch - Records (1953 - 1986)
    Research correspondence 1955-83; philosophy of biology correspondence 1980-83; teaching materials including lecture notes 1967-73; administrative records 1953-76 including the Faculty of Science History and Philosophy of Science Committee; ABC-TV scripts and related records 1960-65; Club of Rome and scientific boards correspondence and circulars 1962-75; personal records 1960-86; memorabilia [0.5 m P 131].
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  1. Confronting the future : Australia and the world ; the next hundred years / Charles Birch
    Birch, Charles, 1918-
    [ Book : 1975-1993 ]
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  2. Life and work : challenging economic man / Charles Birch and David Paul
    Birch, Charles, 1918-2009
    [ Book : 2003 ]
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  3. Genetics and the quality of life : [papers of a symposium] / edited by Charles Birch and Paul Abrecht
    [ Conference Proceedings : 1975 ]
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    Genetics and the quality of life : [papers of a symposium] / edited by Charles Birch and Paul Abrecht
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  4. A species in denial / Jeremy Griffith ; with a foreword by Charles Birch
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    A species in denial / Jeremy Griffith ; with a foreword by Charles Birch
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  5. The distribution and abundance of animals / by H.G. Andrewartha and L.C. Birch
    Andrewartha, H. G. (Herbert George), 1907-1992
    [ Book : 1954-1970 ]
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  6. The liberation of life : from the cell to the community / Charles Birch, John B. Cobb, Jr
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    [ Book : 1981-1990 ]
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  7. Professor Charles Birch ; Professor Hanbury Brown / with Caroline Jones
    Birch, Charles, 1918-2009
    [ Sound : 1990 ]
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  8. Charles Birch : born Melbourne, 1918 : biologist
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  9. Charles Birch
    [ Video : 1997 ]
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  10. The God beyond God / by L. Charles Birch
    Birch, Charles, 1918-2009
    [ Book : 1960 ]
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  1. Professor Charles Birch ; Professor Hanbury Brown / with Caroline Jones
    Birch, Charles, 1918-2009
    [ Sound : 1990 ]
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