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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 1995-06-29 human Rosanne Walker; Ken McInnes updated 2026-03-18 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P002226b.htm person Corben Herbert Charles AACR2 18 April 1914 17 March 2000 Place of Birth Dorset, England Place of Death Pascagoula, Mississippi, United States of America Physicist Herbert Corben was born in England and educated at the University of Melbourne. He spent most of his working life teaching physics at various institutes in the United States of America and in Canada. Corben was author of at least nine scientific articles. 1934 1934 Education - Bachelor of Arts (BA) and Bachelor of Science (BSc), University of Melbourne 1936 1936 Education - Master of Arts (MA) and Master of Science (MSc), University of Melbourne 1936 1939 Award - 1851 Exhibition Overseas Scholarship 1939 1939 Education - Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), University of Cambridge, UK 1939 1940 Career position - Commonwealth Fund Fellow at University of California, Berkeley, USA 1940 1941 Career position - Commonwealth Fund Fellow at Princeton University, USA 1941 1941 Career position - Lecturer in Mathematics and Physics, University College, Armidale, New South Wales 1942 1944 Career position - Lecturer in Mathematics and Physics, University of Melbourne 1945 1946 Career position - Senior Mathematics and Physics Lecturer, University of Melbourne 1946 1951 Career position - Associate Professor of Physics, Carnegie Institute Technology, Pittsburgh, USA 1951 1953 Career position - Fulbright Lecturer in Italy 1953 1956 Career position - Professor of Physics, Carnegie Institute Technology 1956 1961 Career position - Technical Staff member at Ramo-Wooldridge Corporation, California, USA 1961 1968 Career position - Director of the Quantum Physics Laboratory at T.R.W. Inc, USA 1968 1972 Career position - Professor of Physics at Cleveland State University, USA 1972 1978 Career position - Physics Professor, Scarborough College, University of Toronto, Canada 1978 1987 Career position - Visiting Professor, Harvey Mudd College, Claremont, USA 1851 Exhibition Scholarship Awards, Australia (1891 - )

1851 Exhibition Overseas Scholarship: 1936-1939.

 Corben, Herbert Charles (19140418-)

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 'Corben, Herbert Charles', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Corben, Herbert Charles Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Resource Section: Corben, Herbert Charles Corben, Herbert Charles Australian Science Archives Project 1995 Physics in Australia to 1945 R.W. Home, with the assistance of Paula J. Needham Audio of interview with Herbert C. Corben Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre, University of Melbourne Audio of interview with Herbert C. Corben P002226 27 February 1989 1 Tape Audio