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Biographical entry Holmes, Walter Morrell (1883 - 1955)
- Born
- 8 December 1883
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia - Died
- 13 February 1955
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia - Occupation
- Physicist
Summary
Walter Morrell Holmes was a physicist in Victoria and an author of at least two scientific articles.
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Events
- 1905
- Education - Bachelor of Arts (BA) completed at the University of Melbourne
- 1906 - 1909
- Career position - Instructor in Engineering at the Working Men's College, Melbourne
- 1907
- Education - Master of Arts (MA) completed at the University of Melbourne
- 1909
- Education - Bachelor of Science (BSc) completed at the University of Melbourne
- 1911 - 1924
- Career position - Lecturer in Natural Philosophy at the University of Melbourne
- 1915 - 1919
- Career position - Physicist with the National Physics Laboratory in the UK
- 1924 - 1940
- Career position - Assistant at the Melbourne Observatory
- 1940 - 1945
- Career position - Physicist with Metrology Department of the Munitions Supply Laboratories in Maribyrnong
- 1944 - 1949
- Career position - Superintendent of Weights and Measures in Victoria
Published resources
Online Resources
- 'Holmes, Walter Morrell', 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/P001694p.htm. Details
- National Library of Australia, 'Holmes, Walter Morrell', Trove, National Library of Australia and the Australian National Maritime Museum Darling Harbour, 2009, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1473772. Details
McCarthy, G.J.
Created: 20 October 1993, Last modified: 4 February 2010
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