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Johnston, Henry Freeborn (1888 - 1965)

Magnetician

Born: 1 October 1888 Hay, Ontario, Canada. Died: 26 April 1965.

Henry Freeborn Johnston was a Canadian born magnetician who was appointed observer-in-charge at Western Australia's Watheroo Magnetic Observatory. He wrote many articles on this field.

Career Highlights

Chronology
1910 Bachelor of Arts (BA) completed at the Unviersity of Toronto
1910 - 1946 Magnetic Observer with the Department of Terrestrial Magnetism at the Carnegie Institution of Washington
1916 - 1919 Lieutenant in the Royal Navy
1924 - 1929 Observer-in-charge of Watheroo Magnetic Observatory in Western Australia

Online Sources

'Johnston, Henry Freeborn', 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/P001711p.htm. [ Details ]

Structure based on ISAAR(CPF) - click here for an explanation of the fields.

Prepared by: McCarthy, G.J.
Created: 20 October 1993
Modified: 28 June 2005

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