Person
Corben, Herbert Charles (1914 - 2000)
- Born
- 18 April 1914
Dorset, England - Died
- 17 March 2000
Pascagoula, Mississippi, United States of America - Occupation
- Physicist
Summary
Herbert Corben was born in England and educated at the University of Melbourne. He spent most of his working life teaching physics at various institutes in the United States of America and in Canada. Corben was author of at least nine scientific articles.
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Chronology
- 1934
- Education - Bachelor of Arts (BA) and Bachelor of Science (BSc), University of Melbourne
- 1936
- Education - Master of Arts (MA) and Master of Science (MSc), University of Melbourne
- 1936 - 1939
- Award - 1851 Exhibition Overseas Scholarship [Theoretical Physics. - Problems in nuclear physics, quantum theory and relativity. University of Cambridge]
- 1939
- Education - Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), University of Cambridge, UK
- 1939 - 1940
- Career position - Commonwealth Fund Fellow at University of California, Berkeley, USA
- 1940 - 1941
- Career position - Commonwealth Fund Fellow at Princeton University, USA
- 1941
- Career position - Lecturer in Mathematics and Physics, University College, Armidale, New South Wales
- 1942 - 1944
- Career position - Lecturer in Mathematics and Physics, University of Melbourne
- 1945 - 1946
- Career position - Senior Mathematics and Physics Lecturer, University of Melbourne
- 1946 - 1951
- Career position - Associate Professor of Physics, Carnegie Institute Technology, Pittsburgh, USA
- 1951 - 1953
- Career position - Fulbright Lecturer in Italy
- 1953 - 1956
- Career position - Professor of Physics, Carnegie Institute Technology
- 1956 - 1961
- Career position - Technical Staff member at Ramo-Wooldridge Corporation, California, USA
- 1961 - 1968
- Career position - Director of the Quantum Physics Laboratory at T.R.W. Inc, USA
- 1968 - 1972
- Career position - Professor of Physics at Cleveland State University, USA
- 1972 - 1978
- Career position - Physics Professor, Scarborough College, University of Toronto, Canada
- 1978 - 1987
- Career position - Visiting Professor, Harvey Mudd College, Claremont, USA
Related entries
Archival resources
Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre, University of Melbourne
- Audio of interview with Herbert C. Corben, 27 February 1989, P002226; Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre, University of Melbourne. Details
Published resources
Books
- Royal Commission for the Exhibition of 1851, Record of the science research scholars of the Royal Commission for the Exhibition of 1851, 1891 - 1960 (London: The Commissioners, 1961), 107 pp. Overseas Scholarship - Entry No.115. Details
Resources
- 'Corben, Herbert Charles (19140418-)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1476369. Details
Resource Sections
- 'Corben, Herbert Charles', 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/P002226p.htm. Details
Rosanne Walker; Ken McInnes
Created: 29 June 1995, Last modified: 8 October 2026