Person
Milner, Christopher John (Kit) (1912 - 1998)
- Born
- 3 April 1912
Sheffield, England - Died
- 20 February 1998
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia - Occupation
- Educator and Physicist
Summary
Kit Milner was Professor of Applied Physics, New South Wales University of Technology, later the University of New South Wales, from 1952 to 1976. He was also Head of the School of Physics 1952 to 1967 and Head of the School of Applied Physics and Optometry 1968 to 1976. His field of interest and expertise lay in the vehicle physics but his experience in research spanned many disciplines.
Details
Chronology
- 1936
- Education - Doctorate awarded on Hutchison Scholarship
- 1936 - 1946
- Career position - Researcher at the Lamps and Vacuum Physics Section of the Research Laboratory for British Thomson-Houston Co Ltd at Rugby
- 1944
- Career position - Researcher on the Calutron, Ernest O. Lawrence Laboratory, UC Berkeley
- 1946 - c. 1952
- Career position - Head of Physics Research at the Lamps and Vacuum Physics Section of the Research Laboratory for British Thomson-Houston Co Ltd at Rugby
- 1952 - 1957
- Career position - Chair of Applied Physics and Headship of the School of Physics at New South Wales University of Technology
- 1958 - 1959
- Career position - Dean of Science, New South Wales University of Technology
- 1964 - 1965
- Career event - Sabbatical research position UK Road Research Laboratory at Crowthorne, England
- 1967 - 1976
- Career position - Head of the School of Applied Physics and Optometry, New South Wales University of Technology
- 1976
- Life event - Retired
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Archival resources
University of New South Wales Archives
- Christopher John Milner - Records, 1951 - 1984, CN 615 and others; University of New South Wales Archives. Details
Published resources
Resources
- 'Milner, Christopher John', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1476680. Details
McCarthy, G.J.
Created: 20 October 1993, Last modified: 5 March 2018
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