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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 1993-10-20 human McCarthy, G.J. updated 2025-05-02 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P001750b.htm person Mercer Edgar Howard AACR2 16 February 1913 Place of Birth Adelaide, South Australia, Australia Physicist Biologist Edgar Mercer has had a long and extremely varied career. He has worked in the disciplines of physics, chemistry, biology and electron microscopy and in industries as diverse as textiles, animal health, and human dermatology. Throughout his career, Mercer worked in Australia, the United Kingdom and in the United States of America. One of his last positions was Professor of Biology at the University of Hawaii. 1935 1935 Education - Bachelor of Science (BSc), University of Adelaide 1937 1937 Education - Bachelor of Science with Honours (BSc(Hons)), University of Adelaide 1939 1941 Career position - Physicist at the CSIR (Council for Scientific and Industrial Research) Division of Animal Health and Nutrition 1941 1947 Career position - Physicist at the National Standards Laboratory 1947 1949 Career position - ICI Fellow, University of Leeds, UK 1948 1948 Education - Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), University of Leeds 1949 1952 Career position - Research Officer at the CSIRO (Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation) Division of Industrial Chemistry 1952 1953 Career position - Electron Microscopist at the Textile Research Institute at Princeton, USA 1953 1962 Career position - Electron Microscopist(?) at the Chester Beatty Institute for Cancer Research in London 1960 1960 Education - Doctor of Science (DSc), University of Adelaide 1963 1967 Career position - Head of the Electron Microscopy Unit at the John Curtin School of Medical Research, Australian National University, Canberra 1967 1969 Career position - Research Assistant in the Department of Dermatology, University of California Medical Centre in San Francisco, USA 1973 1981 Career position - Professor of Biology, University of Hawaii at Hilo, USA CSIR/O Division of Industrial Chemistry, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (1940 - 1958)

Research Officer 1949 - 1952

 Mercer, E H (19130216-)

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 'Mercer, Edgar Howard', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Mercer, Edgar Howard Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Resource Section: Mercer, Edgar Howard Mercer, Edgar Howard Australian Science Archives Project 1995 Physics in Australia to 1945 R.W. Home, with the assistance of Paula J. Needham Journal Article: Albert Lloyd George Rees 1916-1989 Walsh, A.; and Willis, J. B. Albert Lloyd George Rees 1916-1989 1992 Historical Records of Australian Science 9 1 31-47