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Parnell, Thomas (1881 - 1948)

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Physicist

Born: 5 July 1881 Northants, England. Died: 1 September 1948 Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.

Thomas Parnell was Professor of Physics at the University of Queensland from 1919 to 1948.

Career Highlights

Chronology
1903 Bachelor of Arts (BA) completed at St John's College, Cambridge, UK
1904 - 1911 Tutor at Trinity College, University of Melbourne
1911 - 1918 Lecturer in Physics at the University of Queensland
1917 - 1919 War service with the Australian Imperial Force
1919 - 1948 Professor of Physics at the University of Queensland

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'Parnell, Thomas', 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/P001777p.htm. [ Details ]

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Prepared by: McCarthy, G.J.
Created: 20 October 1993
Modified: 29 August 2005

Published by The University of Melbourne eScholarship Research Centre on ASAPWeb, 1994 - 2007
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