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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 1993-10-20 human Gavan McCarthy; Ken McInnes updated 2026-03-02 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P001650b.htm person Farr Clinton Coleridge FRS AACR2 22 May 1866 27 January 1943 Place of Birth Adelaide, South Australia, Australia Place of Death Christchurch, New Zealand Electrical engineer Physicist 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. 1888 1888 Education - Bachelor of Science (BSc), University of Adelaide 1889 1889 Award - Angas Engineering Scholarship, University of Adelaide 1889 1889 Education - Master of Science? (MSc), University College, London 1891 1893 Career position - Teacher at the Angas Engineering School 1891 1893 Education - Doctor of Philosophy? (PhD), University of Sydney 1894 1894 Career position - Lecturer in Electrical Engineering, 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 1898 Career position - Magnetic survey of northern Australia 1898 1904 Career position - Director of the Christchurch Magnetic Observatory 1902 1902 Education - Doctor of Science (DSc), 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, The Royal Society, London (FRS) Angas Engineering Scholarship (1878 - )

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 'Farr, Clinton Coleridge', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Farr, Clinton Coleridge Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Book Section: Farr, Clinton Coleridge (1866-1943), physicist Jenkins, John; Home, R.W. Farr, Clinton Coleridge (1866-1943), physicist Melbourne Melbourne University Press 2005 Australian dictionary of biography: supplement 1580 - 1980, with a name index to the Australian dictionary of biography to 1980 Christopher Cunneen 123-124 Journal Article: Clinton Coleridge Farr, 1866-1943 Campbell, John Clinton Coleridge Farr, 1866-1943 2001 New Zealand Science Review 58 2 71-74 Resource Section: Farr, Clinton Coleridge Farr, Clinton Coleridge Australian Science Archives Project 1995 Physics in Australia to 1945 R.W. Home, with the assistance of Paula J. Needham Newspaper Article: The Angas Scholars The Angas Scholars 1924 The Register (Adelaide) 9