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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 2001-05-25 human Rosanne Walker; Ken McInnes updated 2025-11-05 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P003999b.htm person Thomas Alfred John Hingston AACR2 1907 3 March 1954 Place of Birth Tasmania, Australia Place of Death Alfred Hospital, Prahran, Victoria, Australia Forester Alfred Thomas wrote Tasmanian Woods for the Tasmanian Forestry Department in 1933. By 1937 he was working for CSIR Division of Forest Products, where in 1939 he and Ian Langlands (qv) wrote Handbook of Structural Timber Design that became a standard reference work and ran to several editions. 1927 1927 Education - Diploma in Forestry, Forestry School, Canberra 1928 1932 Career position - Forester, Tasmanian Forestry Department 1932 1942 Career position - Assistant, Section of Utilisation, Division of Forest Products, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research 1933 1933 Publication - Book: Tasmanian Woods 1942 c. 1945 Career position - Second World War. Commonwealth Controller of Timber c. 1945 1953 Career position - Forester, C. H. Tutton Pty Ltd 1953 1954 Career position - Researcher, Division of Forest Products, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research Thomas, A J

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 'Thomas, Alfred John Hingston', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Thomas, Alfred John Hingston Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Book: Tasmanian woods Thomas, A. J. Tasmanian woods Hobart Government Printer 1933 Book: Building-frames : timbers and sizes (1st Ed.) Thomas, A. J.; Langlands, Ian Building-frames : timbers and sizes (1st Ed.) Melbourne, Vic. CSIR, Division of Forest Products 1941 Book: Handbook of structural timber design (3rd Ed.) Langlands, Ian; Thomas, A. J. Handbook of structural timber design (3rd Ed.) Melbourne CSIR, Division of Forest Products 1948 Newspaper Article: Death of Wartime Timber Expert Death of Wartime Timber Expert 1954 The Mercury 2 Resource: Technology in Australia 1788-1988 Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering Technology in Australia 1788-1988 Online Melbourne Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre 2000