Biographical entry Farr, Clinton Coleridge (1866 - 1943)

Summary

Clinton Coleridge Farr taught physics and electrical engineering in Australia and New Zealand. He bacame professor of Physics at Canterbury University College, Christchurch, New Zealand in 1910.

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1888

Education - Bachelor of Science (BSc) completed at the University of Adelaide

1889

Career position - Teacher at the Angas Engineering School, New South Wales?

1889

Education - Master of Science? (MSc) completed at the University College, London

1891 - 1893

Career position - Teacher at the Angas Engineering School

1891 - 1893

Education - Doctor of Philosophy? (PhD) completed at the University of Sydney

1894

Career position - Lecturer in Electrical Engineering at the University of Adelaide

1895 - 1904

Career position - Tutor in Mathematics and Physics at St Paul's College, University of Sydney

1897 - 1898

Career position - Lecturer in Mathematics and Physics at the Lincoln Agriculture College in Christchurch, New Zealand

1898

Career position - Magnetic survey of northern Australia

1898 - 1904

Career position - Director of the Christchurch Magnetic Observatory

1902

Education - Doctor of Science (DSc) received from the University of Adelaide

1903 - 1910

Career position - Lecturer in Physics and Surveying at Canterbury University College in Christchurch

1910 - 1936

Career position - Professor of Physics at Canterbury University College in Christchurch, New Zealand

1928 -

Career position - Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS)

Published resources

Book Sections

• Jenkins, John; Home, R.W., 'Farr, Clinton Coleridge (1866-1943)', in Christopher Cunneen (ed.), Australian Dictionary of Biography, vol. Supp, Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 2005, pp. 123-124. Also available at http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/AS10155b.htm. Details

Journal Articles

• Campbell, John, 'Clinton Coleridge Farr, 1866-1943', New Zealand Science Review, vol. 58, no. 2, 2001, pp. 71-74. Details

Online Resources

• 'Farr, Clinton Coleridge', 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/P001650p.htm. Details
• National Library of Australia, 'Farr, Clinton Coleridge', Trove, National Library of Australia and the Australian National Maritime Museum Darling Harbour, 2009, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1466825. Details