Person
Aston, Ronald Leslie (1901 - 1969)
- Born
- 23 July 1901
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia - Died
- 7 September 1969
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia - Occupation
- Physicist and Civil engineer
Summary
Ronald Aston taught civil engineering at the University of Sydney 1930-1966, he was appointed associate professor in 1956. Earlier he had been physicist on the Imperial Geophysical Experimental Survey 1929-1930 and had tutored at the University of Melbourne 1928-1929.
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Born Sydney, 23 July 1901. Died Sydney, 7 September 1969. Educated Universities of Sydney (BSc 1921, BE 1923) and Cambridge (MSc 1925, PhD 1955). Tutor in mathematics and physics, Trinity College, University of Melbourne 1926-29, physicist, Imperial Geophysical Experimental Survey 1929-30; lecturer in surveying and civil engineering, University of Sydney 1930-55; senior lecturer 1955-56; associate professor 1956-66. Founder, Association of Professional Engineers, Australia 1946; president, Royal Society of New South Wales 1948-49. Commemorated by the R.I. Aston prize for the most successful student in fourth-year surveying.
Published resources
Book Sections
- Curdie, John, 'Aston, Ronald Leslie (1901-1969), Engineer and Academic' in Australian Dictionary of Biography, John Ritchie, ed., vol. 13 (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1993), pp. 81-82. http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A130098b.htm. Details
Resources
- Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q7364651. Details
- 'Aston, Ronald Leslie (1901-1969)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1470886. Details
Resource Sections
- 'Aston, Ronald Leslie', 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/P001588p.htm. Details
McCarthy, G.J.
Created: 20 October 1993, Last modified: 28 February 2018
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