Biographical entry Kernot, Wilfred Noyce (1868 - 1945)
- Born
- 18 July 1868
Geelong, Victoria, Australia - Died
- 17 May 1945
- Occupation
- Engineer
Summary
Wilfred Noyce Kernot was lecturer from 1891 and later head of the Department of Engineering at the Working Men's College, Melbourne. In 1911 he joined the Department of Engineering, University of Melbourne and was Associate Professor and later Professor from 1923-36.
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Archival resources
National Library of Australia Manuscript Collection
- John Monash - Records, 1876 - 1934, MS 1884; National Library of Australia Manuscript Collection. Details
State Library of Victoria, Australian Manuscripts Collection
- Wilfred Noyce Kernot - Records, 1890 - 1945; State Library of Victoria, Australian Manuscripts Collection. Details
Published resources
Book Sections
- Murray-Smith, S., 'Kernot, William Charles (1845-1909)', in Douglas Pike (ed.), Australian Dictionary of Biography, vol. 4, Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 1974, pp. 20-22. Also available at http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A050025b.htm. Details
- Murray-Smith, S., 'Kernot, Wilfred Noyce (1868-1945)', in Bede Nairn and Geoffrey Serle (eds), Australian Dictionary of Biography, vol. 9, Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 1983, pp. 573-574. Also available at http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A090573b.htm. Details
Online Resources
- 'Kernot, Wilfred Noyce', in Physics in Australia to 1945, R.W. Home, with the assistance of Paula J. Needham, Australian Science Archives Project, June 1995, http://www.asap.unimelb.edu.au/bsparcs/physics/P001080p.htm. Details
- National Library of Australia, 'Kernot, Wilfred Noyce', Trove, National Library of Australia and the Australian National Maritime Museum Darling Harbour, 2009, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1466474. Details
McCarthy, G.J.
Created: 20 October 1993, Last modified: 29 January 2007
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