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Booth, Edgar Harold (1893 - 1963) |
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| Physicist | ||
| Born: 12 February 1893 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Died: 18 December 1963 Vaucluse, New South Wales, Australia. | ||
| Edgar Harold Booth was the first Warden of the New England University College 1937-45. He had previously been a senior lecturer in physics at the University of Sydney 1919-37. |
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| Born Sydney, 12 February 1893. Died Sydney, 18 December 1963. Military Cross 1917. Educated University of Sydney (BSc 1914, DSc 1936). Acting lecturer and demonstrator, University of Sydney 1915-16; Australian Imperial Forces 1916-19; senior lecturer in physics, University of Sydney 1919-37; consultant physicist, Imperial Geophysical Experimental Survey 1928-30; warden, New England University College 1937-45; London representative, Australian Wool Board 1945-48. President, Science Teachers' Association of New South Wales 1928-32; president, Royal Society of New South Wales 1936-37; president, Northern New South Wales Committee of Services Education Advisory Council. | ||
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