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Sir John Burton Cleland (1878 - 1971)
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| Born | 22 June 1878 Norwood, Adelaide, Australia |
| Died | 11 August 1971 (aged 93) Walkerville, Adelaide, Australia |
| Residence | Australia |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Fields | Pathologist, naturalist, microbiologist, mycologist and ornithologist |
| Institutions | Royal Prince Alfred Hospital University of Sydney London Hospital Bureau of Microbiology, Sydney University of Adelaide |
| Alma mater | University of Adelaide University of Sydney |
| Academic advisors | Ralph Tate Edward Rennie William Henry Bragg Edward Stirling Archibald Watson Robert Muir |
| Known for | Proof of transmission of dengue by mosquitoes |
| Notable awards | Australian Natural History Medallion |
| Author abbreviation (botany) | Clelandia |
| Author abbreviation (zoology) | Clelandia |
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He was the father of ornithologist Joan Paton. |
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Sir John Burton Cleland CBE (22 June 1878 - 11 August 1971) was a renowned Australian naturalist, microbiologist, mycologist and ornithologist.
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He was born in Norwood, South Australia, and attended Prince Alfred College and the Universities of Adelaide and Sydney, graduating in Medicine in 1900.
He worked as a microbiologist in Western Australia and New South Wales before becoming Professor of Pathology at the University of Adelaide. He was the father of ornithologist Joan Paton and the eminent cardio-thoracic surgeon William Paton Cleland.[1]
Cleland was President of the Royal Society of South Australia 1927-1928, and again in 1941. He became a member of the Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union (RAOU) in 1902, and served as its President 1935-1936. He was elected an Honorary Life Member of the RAOU in 1949.
In 1934-35, he published a two volume monograph on the fungi of South Australia, one of the most comprehensive reviews of Australian fungi to date. In 1952 he was awarded the Australian Natural History Medallion. He is commemorated by the Cleland Conservation Park in the Mount Lofty Ranges of South Australia, and the J.B. Cleland Kindergarten in Beaumont, South Australia.
Cleland was the pathologist on the infamous Taman Shud Case.