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Barnard, Marjorie Faith (1897 - 1987)

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Librarian and Writer

Born: 16 August 1897. Died: 1987.

Marjorie Faith Barnard was Librarian-in-charge at the Radiophysics Division of CSIR. She was commissioned to write a history of radar which she completed in 1946.

Career Highlights

Educated University of Sydney (BA). Author of novels and general works, some written in collaboration with Flora Eldershaw under the name M. Barnard Eldershaw. "A House is Built", published in 1929, remained in print for 50 years.

Chronology
1980 Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) received

Online Sources

'Barnard, Marjorie Faith - Ms 16', in Listing of Adolph Basser Library holdings, Australian Academy of Science, 1994, http://www.science.org.au/academy/basser/lists/ms016.txt. [ Details ]

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Prepared by: McCarthy, G.J.
Created: 20 October 1993
Modified: 13 December 2006

Published by The University of Melbourne eScholarship Research Centre on ASAPWeb, 1994 - 2007
Originally published 1994-1999 by Australian Science Archives Project, 1999-2006 by the Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre
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