Biographical entry Swinbank, William Christopher (1913 - 1973)

Summary

Bill Swinbank was a Chief Research Scientist with the CSIRO from 1961 to 1971 when he went to the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Boulder, USA, as Director of the National Hail Research Experiment.

Details

Born Easington Village, Durham, England, 8 May 1913. Died 28 December 1973. Fellow, Australian Academy of Science 1970.

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Published resources

Journal Articles

• 'Obituary: William Christopher Swinbank', Australian Physicist, vol. 11, no. 3, 1974, p. 56. Details
• Priestley, C. H. B., 'William Christopher Swinbank', Records of the Australian Academy of Science, vol. 3, no. 1, 1975, pp. 76-92. Also available at http://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/HR9750310076.htm. Details

Online Resources

• National Library of Australia, 'Swinbank, W C', Trove, National Library of Australia and the Australian National Maritime Museum Darling Harbour, 2009, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-987823. Details
• Priestley, C. H. B., 'William Christopher Swinbank 1913-1973', in Australian Academy of Science Biographical Memoirs, Australian Academy of Science, 2006, http://www.science.org.au/fellows/memoirs/swinbank.html. Details

See also

• Federation and Meteorology, 2001, http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/fam/scripts/fam-dynindex.php3?EID=P000822. Details