honorific_prefix death_date death_place birth_place awards nationality birth_date article_title education name occupation alma_mater
dr. 14 march 2008 canberra melbourne , victoria ao ftse , australian 18 may 1943 peter cullen -lrb- scientist -rrb-
 magrsc , diped -lrb- melbourne -rrb- peter cullen water scientist university of melbourne
peter cullen -lrb- scientist -rrb-

professor peter cullen ao ftse , magrsc , diped -lrb- melb -rrb- , hon duniv -lrb- canb -rrb- , -lrb- born 18 may 1943 , melbourne , victoria ; died 14 march 2008 , canberra -rrb- was a leading australian water scientist .
education he son of an engineer , cullen got his start as a water expert very early in life when his father moved to tallangatta to oversee that town 's relocation to accommodate an expanded hume dam .
cullen studied agricultural science at the university of melbourne and soon turned to detailed studies of irrigation and the problems it can bring to the land it makes productive .
