Allen Kerr

Dr. Allen Kerr AO, FRS, FAA (born 1926) was a Scottish-born Professor of Plant Pathology at the University of Adelaide. His most significant work was his study of crown gall - a plant cancer induced by Agrobacterium tumerfaciens. He was born in 21 May 1926 in Edinburgh and gained a BSc degree at Edinburgh University. From 1947-1951 he was Assistant Mycologist at the North of Scotland College of Agriculture. From 1951-1980 he was Lecturer, then Senior Lecturer, then Reader in Plant Pathology at the University of Adelaide. From 1978-1983 he was Vice-President of the International Society for Plant Pathology. From 1980-1983 he was President of the Australasian Plant Pathology Society. In 1978 he was elected Fellow of the Australian Academy...