Terence Phillip O'Brien

Terence 'Terry' Phillip O'Brien (12 January 1937 – 4 July 2016) was an Australian botanist who was an expert in the development of wheat, and who was an early pioneer of Australian eco-tourism.

Life O'Brien completed a bachelor's degree in Agricultural Science and a Master of Science from the University of Melbourne in 1962. He studied at Harvard University, and was the first Australian appointed to the Harvard Society of Fellows as a junior fellow between 1964 and 1967, and completed a PhD.

After returning to Australia was employed as a senior lecturer at Monash University between 1967 and 1970. He received a Doctor of Science from Monash University in 1978, for his contributions to understanding the physiological anatomy of plant cells and tissues. From July 1986 to June 1987, O'Brien was elected president of the Royal Society of Victoria. He also was a chartered biologist of the Royal Society of Biology, and a member of the Australian Institute of Biology. He eventually moved back to his alma mater of Harvard University before retiring.