Person
Farr, Clinton Coleridge (1866 - 1943)
FRS
- Born
- 22 May 1866
Adelaide, South Australia, Australia - Died
- 27 January 1943
Christchurch, New Zealand - Occupation
- Electrical engineer and Physicist
Summary
Clinton Farr taught physics and electrical engineering in Australia and New Zealand. He became professor of Physics at Canterbury University College, Christchurch, New Zealand in 1910.
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Chronology
- 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 Australian Dictionary of Biography, Christopher Cunneen, ed., vol. Supplement (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 2005), pp. 123-124. http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/AS10155b.htm. Details
Journal Articles
- Campbell, John, 'Clinton Coleridge Farr, 1866-1943', New Zealand Science Review, 58 (2) (2001), 71-74. Details
Resources
- Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q5144628. Details
- VIAF - Virtual International Authority File, OCLC, https://viaf.org/viaf/26811841. Details
- 'Farr, Clinton Coleridge (1866-1943)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1466825. Details
Resource Sections
- '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
McCarthy, G.J.
Created: 20 October 1993, Last modified: 2 March 2018
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