Biographical entry Blazey, Eric Lloyd (1905 - 2000)
- Born
- 8 August 1905
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia - Died
- 2000
- Occupation
- Geophysicist and Electrical engineer
Summary
Eric Lloyd Blazey moved often throughout his career, working mainly for electricity supply companies.
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Born Melbourne, 8 August 1905. Educated Swinburne Technical College (Dip. Elec. Eng 1923) and University of Melbourne (BEE 1928, MEE 1933). Engineer, Melbourne Electricity Supply Company 1926-27; Metropolitan Vickers (Australia) Ltd 1927-28; trainee geophysicist, Imperial Geophysical Experimental Survey 1928-30; engineer, State Electricity Commission of Victoria 1930-32; applied geophysicist, Victoria 1933-34; Mt Lyell Mining Company, Queenstown, Tasmania 1934-35; Northern Australia Aerial Survey 1935-38; electrical engineer, Southern Electricity Supply, Cootamundra, New South Wales 1938-46; Cairns Electricity Board, Queensland 1946-52; Sydney County Council 1952-70; consulting engineer, Sydney 1970-75.
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Online Resources
- 'Blazey, Eric Lloyd', 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/P001604p.htm. Details
- National Library of Australia, 'Blazey, Eric Lloyd', Trove, National Library of Australia and the Australian National Maritime Museum Darling Harbour, 2009, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1474050. Details
McCarthy, G.J.
Created: 20 October 1993, Last modified: 15 September 2004
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