John Burton Cleland

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John Cleland
Sir John Burton Cleland (1878 - 1971)
Born	22 June 1878 Norwood, Adelaide, Australia
Died	11 August 1971 (1971-08-12) (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)	Cleland
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Notes He was the father of ornithologist Joan Paton.

Sir John Burton Cleland CBE (22 June 1878 - 11 August 1971) was a renowned Australian naturalist, microbiologist, mycologist and ornithologist. He was Professor of Pathology at the University of Adelaide and was consulted on high-level police inquiries, such as the famous Taman Shud Case in 1948 and later.

Early life and education

John Burton Cleland was born in Norwood, South Australia. He attended Prince Alfred College and the universities of Adelaide and Sydney, graduating in Medicine in 1900.

Marriage and family

Cleland married Dora Isabel Paton, and they had four daughters and son. He encouraged them in the sciences: Joan Paton became an ornithologist, and William Paton Cleland became a cardio-thoracic surgeon.^[1]

Career

He worked as a microbiologist in Western Australia and New South Wales for several years. He was appointed as a full Professor of Pathology at the University of Adelaide, and taught generations of students.^[1]

Cleland was elected 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.

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.

Cleland was the pathologist on the infamous Taman Shud Case, in which an unidentified man was discovered dead on a beach 1 December 1948. While Cleland theorized that the man had been poisoned, he found no trace of it. The man was never identified.

Legacy and honours

1949, he was elected an Honorary Life Member of the RAOU.
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.

The standard author abbreviation Cleland is used to indicate this individual as the author when citing a botanical name.^[2]

References

↑ 1.0 1.1 Caroline Richmond, "Obituary of William Paton Cleland (1912-2005)", British Medical Journal, 2005, 330; 1212
↑ "Author Query for 'Cleland'". International Plant Names Index.

Condon, H.T. (1972). Obituary. John Burton Cleland. Emu 72: 117-118.
Robin, Libby. (2001). The Flight of the Emu: a hundred years of Australian ornithology 1901-2001. Carlton, Vic. Melbourne University Press. ISBN 0-522-84987-3

External links

Online Guide to Records at the South Australian Museum Archives.
Papers of Sir John Burton Cleland.
Biographical entry for John Burton Cleland Bright Sparcs.
Sir John Burton Cleland Australian Dictionary of Biography.
Cleland obituary
Cleland biography

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Persondata
Name	Cleland, John
Alternative names
Short description	Australian ornithologist
Date of birth	22 June 1878
Place of birth	Norwood, Adelaide, Australia
Date of death	11 August 1971
Place of death	Walkerville, Adelaide, Australia

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