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Horvath, Joseph (1900 - 1976)

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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).

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

 
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