Agent TypePersonActivities & OccupationsAcademics - BotanyHistoryDouglas George Parbery was born in Bega, NSW. He took his B.Sc.Ag. at University of Sydney in 1958 and M.Agr.Sc (Plant Pathology) in 1961 at the University of Queensland where he also worked as a demonstrator in biology. He transferred to University of Melbourne where he worked in the Faculty of Science from 1962 to 1969. In 1970 he transferred to the Faculty of Agriculture and Forestry where he was Dean for several years. He retired in 1995 as Associate Professor. His specialty was mycology, and following his retirement he was appointed Senior Associate in Mycology and Plant Pathology. The collection includes his 86 published academic papers.