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Connor, Andrew Kenneth (Ken) (1906 - 1990)

Applied physicist and Educator

Born: 7 October 1906 Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia. Died: 1990.

Andrew Kenneth (Ken) Connor worked at the Melbourne Technical College, Division of Applied Physics, from 1938 to 1971. He rose through the ranks as lecturer to department Head and then Principal.

Career Highlights

Chronology
1929 Bachelor of Science (BSc) completed at the University of Melbourne
1930 Diploma of Eduction (DipEd) completed at the University of Melbourne
1930 - 1938 Science Teacher in the Education Department of Victoria
1938 - 1970 Lecturer then Senior Lecturer in Applied Physics at the Melbourne Technical College
1964 Master of Science (MSc) completed at the University of Melbourne
1968 - 1970 Head of Applied Physics at the Melbourne Technical College
1970 - 1971 Department Principal of Applied Physics at the Melbourne Technical College

Online Sources

'Connor, Arthur Kenneth', 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/P001628p.htm. [ Details ]

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Prepared by: McCarthy, G.J.
Created: 20 October 1993
Modified: 8 February 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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