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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 1993-10-20 human McCarthy, G.J. updated 2025-09-23 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P001716b.htm person Kerr Frank John AACR2 8 January 1918 15 September 2000 Place of Birth St Albans, England Place of Death Silver Spring, Maryland, United States of America Radiophysicist Astronomer Frank Kerr started his career in the CSIR Radiophysics Laboratory. He later moved to the University of Maryland, USA. He still maintained his interest in southern hemisphere astronomy. 1938 1938 Education - Bachelor of Science (BSc) in Physics, University of Melbourne 1940 1940 Education - Master of Science (MSc), University of Melbourne 1940 1966 Career position - Research Physicist at the CSIR (Council for Scientific and Industrial Research)/CSIRO (Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation) Division of Radiophysics 1962 1962 Education - Doctor of Science (DSc), University of Melbourne 1963 1966 Career position - Senior Principal Research Officer at the CSIRO Division of Radiophysics 1966 1968 Career position - Visiting Professor, University of Maryland, USA 1968 1987 Career position - Professor, University of Maryland, USA 1973 1978 Career position - Director of the astronomy program, University of Maryland, USA 1983 1995 Career position - Director of the Division of Space Physics of the Universities' Space Research Association CSIR/O Division of Radiophysics, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (1940 - 1996)

Research Physicist 1940 - 1966; Senior Principal Research Officer 1963 - 1966

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 'Kerr, Frank John', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Kerr, Frank John Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Newspaper Article: Obituary: Dr Frank John Kerr Kerr, Valerie Obituary: Dr Frank John Kerr 2000 The Age Resource Section: Kerr, Frank John Kerr, Frank John Australian Science Archives Project 1995 Physics in Australia to 1945 R.W. Home, with the assistance of Paula J. Needham Journal Article: Obituary: Colin Stanley Gum Kerr, F. J. Obituary: Colin Stanley Gum 1960 Australian Journal of Science 23 4 115 Book Section: The early days of radio and radar astronomy in Australia Kerr, F. J. The early days of radio and radar astronomy in Australia Cambridge, New York Cambridge University Press 1984 The early years of radio astronomy: reflections fifty years after Jansky's discovery Sullivan, W. T. 952125485X Journal Article: The history of early low frequency radio astronomy in Australia, 4: Kerr, Shain, Higgins and the Hornsby Valley Field Station near Sydney Orchiston, Wayne, Slee, Bruce, George, Martin and Wielebinski, Richard The history of early low frequency radio astronomy in Australia, 4: Kerr, Shain, Higgins and the Hornsby Valley Field Station near Sydney 2015 Journal of Astronomical History and Heritage 18 3 285-311 Resource Section: Frank John Kerr Ward, C. Frank John Kerr Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) 2011 CSIROpedia Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) Book: Joe Pawsey and the founding of Australian radio astronomy: early discoveries, from the sun to the cosmos Goss, W. M.; Hooker, Claire; and Ekers, Ronald D. Joe Pawsey and the founding of Australian radio astronomy: early discoveries, from the sun to the cosmos Cham, Switzerland Springer 2023