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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 1993-10-20 human Gavan McCarthy; Ken McInnes updated 2026-03-18 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P001827b.htm person Townsend Albert Alan FRS AACR2 22 January 1917 31 August 2010 Place of Birth Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Place of Death Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England Physicist Albert Townsend was educated at the University of Melbourne and spent most of his working life at the University of Cambridge in England. There he was Assistant Director of the Cavendish Laboratory (1950-1961) and Reader in experimental fluid mechanics. He was renowned for his significant research and contributions to understanding turbulence. 1936 1936 Education - Bachelor of Science (BSc), University of Melbourne 1937 1937 Education - Master of Science (MSc), University of Melbourne 1938 1939 Award - 1851 Exhibition Overseas Scholarship 1940 1945 Career position - Assistant at the Aeronautical Laboratory of CSIR (Council for Scientific and Industrial Research) 1945 1947 Award - 1851 Exhibition Overseas Scholarship 1947 1947 Education - Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Emmanuel College, University of Cambridge, England 1947 1961 Career position - Lecturer in Physics, University of Cambridge, England 1950 1961 Career position - Assistant Director of Research at the Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge, England 1960 1960 Award - Fellow, The Royal Society, London (FRS) 1961 Career position - Reader in Experimental Fluid Mechanics, University of Cambridge, England 1851 Exhibition Scholarship Awards, Australia (1891 - )

1851 Exhibition Overseas Scholarship: 1918-1939; 1945-1947.

 CSIR Division of Aeronautics, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (1940 - 1949)

Assistant at the Aeronautical Laboratory 1940 - 1945

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 'Townsend, Albert Alan', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Townsend, Albert Alan Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Resource Section: Townsend, Albert Alan Townsend, Albert Alan Australian Science Archives Project 1995 Physics in Australia to 1945 R.W. Home, with the assistance of Paula J. Needham Article: Obituary Notice Obituary Notice University of Cambridge 2010