Person
Horvath, Joseph (1900 - 1976)
- Born
- 18 February 1900
Trofaich, Austria - Died
- 30 October 1976
Leoben, Austria - Occupation
- Geophysicist
Summary
Joseph Horvath was an Austrian geophysicist who worked around the world on many different research and exploration projects. From 1935 to 1937 he explored northern Australia as part of an international aerial geological and geophysical survey. He returned to Australia in 1951 as senior geophysicist for the Commonwealth Bureau of Mineral Resources. He was employed as a private consultant in Melbourne, 1965-1971.
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Chronology
- 1925
- Education - Dip. Ing. completed at the Mining University in Leoben, Austria
- 1926 - 1927
- Career position - Exploration Geophysicist at ABEM Electrical Prospecting Co., Sweden
- 1928 - 1929
- Career position - Assistant at the Mining University in Leoben
- 1930 - 1939
- Career position - Exploration Geophysicist at ABEM, Sweden
- 1935 - 1937
- Career position - ABEM representative on the Aerial Geological & Geophysical Survey of Northern Australia
- 1939 - 1945
- Career position - Geophysicist at Deutsche Bundesanstalt für Bergbau und Lagerstättenforschung, Norway
- 1942
- Education - Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) completed at Mining University in Leoben, Austria
- 1946 - 1951
- Career position - Geologische Landesanstalt in Berlin, (East) Germany
- 1951 - 1965
- Career position - Senior Geophysicist in the Mettaliferous Section of the Commonwealth Bureau of Mineral Resources, Australia
- 1965 - 1971
- Career position - Private Consultant Geophysicist in Melbourne
- 1971 - 1976
- Career position - Lecturer (part-time) at Montan University in Leoben
Published resources
Resources
- 'Horvath, Joseph (1900-1976)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1476176. Details
Resource Sections
- 'Horvath, Joseph', 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/P001698p.htm. Details
Annette Alafaci
Created: 20 October 1993, Last modified: 7 February 2011
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