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Horace Waring

Horace Waring

English/Australian zoologist

Horace Waring (17 December 1910 – 9 August 1980) was an English/Australian zoologist, winner of the Clarke Medal of the Royal Society of New South Wales in 1962.[1]

Waring was born in Toxteth Park, Liverpool, England, and was educated at the University of Liverpool (B.Sc., 1931; M.Sc., 1933). He was appointed the head of the department of zoology at the University of Birmingham in 1946. On 1 May 1948, Waring was appointed professor of zoology at the University of Western Australia.[1]

Waring's field of research was in reproductive physiology, particularly the immunological competence and endocrine function of the development of the pouched embryo.[1]

He was awarded the Mueller Medal by ANZAAS in 1980.

References

  1. [1]
    Main, A. R. "Waring, Horace (1910–1980)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. ISSN 1833-7538. Retrieved 3 May 2012.
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