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Close, John Campbell (1881 - 1953)

Electrical engineer

Born: 17 March 1881 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Died: 20 June 1953 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

John Campbell Close worked as an electrical engineer for the American and Australian branches of General Electric Company for over 20 years. He spent the later part of his working life with the Ministry of Munitions.

Career Highlights

Chronology
1903 Bachelor of Science (BSc) completed at the University of Sydney
1905 Master of Engineering (ME) completed at Cornell University
1905 - 1910 Electrical Engineer at General Electric Company in New York, USA
1910 - 1930 Electrical Engineer at Australian General Electric Company in Sydney
1915 - 1919 Australian Imperial Force
1930 - 1940 Secretary of the Australian Imperial Force? in Sydney
1940 - 1945 Ministry of Munitions

Online Sources

'Close, John Campbell', in Physics in Australia to 1945, R.W. Home, with the assistance of Paula J. Needham, Australian Science Archives Project, June 1995, http://www.asap.unimelb.edu.au/bsparcs/physics/P001624p.htm. [ Details ]

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Prepared by: McCarthy, G.J.
Created: 20 October 1993
Modified: 5 May 2005

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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