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Jack Davies standing knee-deep in an experimental plot of pasture

John (Jack) Griffiths Davies [1904-1969]

Jack Griffiths Davies is best known for his contributions along with Mark Hutton to the development of pasture legumes for northern Australia.

David Abel

Stub entry — contributions wanted. Dave Abel from CSIRO Mathematics Informatics and Statistics, was the key contributor to the development […]

John Melvin Swan 1924–2015

Stub entry only. Contribution wanted   Further reading https://www.science.org.au/fellowship/fellows/biographical-memoirs/john-melvin-swan-1924%E2%80%932015 https://www.publish.csiro.au/HR/HR16019 http://www.eoas.info/biogs/P000818b.htm