Maxwell Frank Cooper Day 1915–2017
Max Day AO FAA was an ecologist whose pioneering research spanned entomology, virology, ecology and forestry. He served as the founding chief of CSIRO’s Division of Forest Research and worked on nationally significant challenges, such as deploying myxomatosis to control rabbits.
Max Day (1915–2017) entomologist, scientific diplomat and conservationist, was a national scientific leader across the 20th century, a time that spanned the rise of the idea of the environment and of concern about ecological limits. He was a pioneer in Australia of integrated, cross-disciplinary science and an important advocate of evidence-based policymaking. His fundamental disciplinary work in entomology, virology, ecology and forestry focused on nationally significant problems and their international context.
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About this memoir
This memoir was originally published in Historical Records of Australian Science, vol. 31(1), 2020. It was written by Libby Robin and Jon C. Day.
