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Biographical entry Thompson, Arthur Melville (Mel) (1917 - 2009)
- Born
- 4 January 1917
Adelaide, South Australia, Australia - Died
- 9 August 2009
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia - Occupation
- Physicist
Summary
Mel Thompson was sometime Chief Research Scientist, CSIRO Division of Applied Physics, National Standards Laboratory. He made major contributions to the precise measurement of physical quantities, particularly electrical.
Details
Born Adelaide, 4 January 1917. Educated University of Adelaide (BSc). Hon. Dr. Ing., Tech. Univ. of Hannover. Sperry Medal, Instrument Society of America 1965 (jointly with D.G. Lampard, qv); Fellow, Australian Academy of Science 1972.
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- National Library of Australia, 'Thompson Arthur Melville', Trove, National Library of Australia and the Australian National Maritime Museum Darling Harbour, 2009, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1477068. Details
Rosanne Walker
Created: 25 May 2001, Last modified: 24 November 2010