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Horvath, Joseph (1900 - 1976)

Geophysicist

Born: 18 February 1900 Trofaich, Austria. Died: 30 October 1976 Leoben, Austria.

Joseph Horvath was an Austrian geophysicist who worked around the world on many different research and exploration projects. From 1935 to 1937 he explored northern Australia as part of an international aerial geological and geophysical survey. He returned to Australia in 1951 as senior geophysicist for the Commonwealth Bureau of Mineral Resources, then spent six years in Melbourne working as a private consultant (1965-1971).

Career Highlights

Chronology
1925 Dip. Ing. completed at the Mining University in Leoben, Austria
1926 - 1927 Exploration Geophysicist at ABEM Electrical Prospecting Co., Sweden
1928 - 1929 Assistant at the Mining University in Leoben
1930 - 1939 Exploration Geophysicist at ABEM, Sweden
1935 - 1937 ABEM representative on the Aerial Geological & Geophysical Survey of Northern Australia
1939 - 1945 Geophysicist at Deutsche Bundesanstalt für Bergbau und Lagerstättenforschung, Norway
1942 Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) completed at Mining University in Leoben, Austria
1946 - 1951 Geologische Landesanstalt in Berlin, (East) Germany
1951 - 1965 Senior Geophysicist in the Mettaliferous Section of the Commonwealth Bureau of Mineral Resources, Australia
1965 - 1971 Private Consultant Geophysicist in Melbourne
1971 - 1976 Lecturer (part-time) at Montan University in Leoben

Online Sources

'Horvath, Joseph', 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/P001698p.htm. [ Details ]

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