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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 1993-10-20 human McCarthy, G.J. updated 2024-12-02 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P001697b.htm person Hooke Lionel George Alfred Kt AACR2 31 December 1895 17 February 1974 Place of Birth Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Place of Death Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Telegraphist Business executive Sir Lionel Hooke spent a total of sixty-one years with AWA Ltd. (Amalgamated Wireless Australasia). Forty-nine years of this was in management. In 1914 Hooke went to Antarctica to work as the radio operator on Shackleton's Antarctic expedition. He has written at least one scientific article on radio communications. 1913 1913 Career position - Telegraphist at Marconi Co., UK 1913 1925 Career position - Telegraphist?, Amalgamated Wireless (Australasia) Ltd (AWA) 1914 1915 Career position - Radio Operator on the Shackelton Antarctic expedition 1925 1945 Career position - General Manager of AWA Ltd. 1945 1949 Career position - Managing Director of AWA Ltd. 1957 1957 Award - Knight Bachelor (Kt) 1962 1974 Career position - Chairman of AWA Ltd. Advisory Council - CSIRO, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (1950 - 1986)

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 Hooke, Lionel George Alfred (1895-1974)

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 'Hooke, Lionel George Alfred', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Hooke, Lionel George Alfred Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Resource Section: Hooke, Lionel George Alfred Hooke, Lionel George Alfred Australian Science Archives Project 1995 Physics in Australia to 1945 R.W. Home, with the assistance of Paula J. Needham Book Section: Hooke, Sir Lionel George Alfred (1895-1974), broadcasting pioneer, radio engineer and businessman Davies, L. W. Hooke, Sir Lionel George Alfred (1895-1974), broadcasting pioneer, radio engineer and businessman Melbourne Melbourne University Press 1996 Australian dictionary of biography, volume 14: 1940 - 1980 Di-Kel John Ritchie 485-486