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Knapp, August (1873 - 1943)

Optician

Born: 31 August 1873 Manchester, England. Died: 23 April 1943 Perth, Western Australia, Australia.

August Knapp worked as an optician in Queensland and Western Australia from the 1890s. He wrote at least one scientific article.

Career Highlights

Chronology
c. 1893 - c. 1897 Apprentice Optician in Brisbane, Queensland
1897 - 1943 Optician in Perth
1925 - 1930 Associate of the Royal Photographic Society in Great Britain
1930 - Fellow of the Royal Photographic Society, Great Britain

Online Sources

'Knapp, August', 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/P001719p.htm. [ Details ]

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Prepared by: McCarthy, G.J.
Created: 20 October 1993
Modified: 4 July 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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