About Fraser Bergersen
Lived 1929 – 2011 (aged 82). Fraser Bergersen was a New Zealand biologist.
Fraser John Bergersen , (26 May 1929 – 3 October 2011) was a New Zealand plant biologist.
Education Born in Hamilton, New Zealand, Bergerson earned a Master of Science degree from the University of Otago, and received a Doctor of Science from the University of New Zealand in 1962.
Career Bergerson worked for Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, Division of Plant Industry, becoming Chief Research Scientist.
He was a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science and Fellow of the Royal Society. In the 2000 Australia Day Honours he was appointed Member of the Order of Australia for "service to scientific research in the field of microbiology, particularly through the study of symbiotic nitrogen fixation in legumes leading to improved crop performance in Australia and Asia".
Bergersen died in Canberra on 3 October 2011.
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New Zealand plant biologist
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Fraser Bergersen was born on 26 May 1929 in Hamilton.
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Fraser Bergersen died on 3 October 2011 in Canberra.
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Fraser Bergersen was a biologist.
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Fraser Bergersen was New Zealand.
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