Person

Webster, Hugh Colin (1905 - 1979)

Born: 24 October 1905
Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
Died: 28 December 1979
Occupation: Physicist

Summary

Hugh Webster worked at the University of Queensland form 1937-1970, as lecturer in biophysics, associate professor of radiation physics and professor of physics.

Details

Chronology

1956 - 1957: Career position - Vice-President, Australian Branch, Institute of Physics
1958 - 1959: Career position - President, Australian Branch, Institute of Physics
1970 - 1979: Award - Honorary Fellow, Australian Institute of Physics

Related Corporate Bodies

Australian Branch, Institute of Physics (1928 - 1962)
President 1958 - 1959
Australian Institute of Physics (1963 - )
Honorary Fellow 1970 - 1979

Published resources

Books

Webster, H. C., A history of the Physics Department of the University of Queensland ([Brisbane]: [University of Queensland?], 1977), 47, ix pp. Details

Resources

'Webster, H C (1905-1979)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-572750. Details

Resource Sections

'Webster, Hugh Colin', 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/P001839p.htm. Details

McCarthy, G.J.

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