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Kurth, Ernest Carl Edgar (1895 - 1966)

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Born: 1 November 1895 Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia. Died: 4 January 1966.

Ernest Carl E. Kurth was Professor of Chemistry, University of Tasmania from 1941. Earlier he had been Lecturer in Applied Chemistry 1923-37 and Head of the Chemistry Department 1937-41. While working at the University of Tasmania he was also head of the Department of Chemistry at the Hobart Technical College.

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Chronology
1915 Chemist at Oroya Links Ltd
1916 Metallurgy Associate of Western Australian School of Mines
1916 Robert Falconer Research Scholar
1916? Diploma completed at the Kalgoorlie School of Mines
1917 Engineer's Assistant at Sons of Gwalia Ltd
1918 - 1921 Research Chemist at Electrolytic Zinc Co in Risdon, Tasmania
1923 - 1927 Lecturer in Applied Chemistry at the University of Tasmania
1928 Bachelor of Science (BSc) completed at the University of Tasmania
1934 Doctor of Science (DSc) received from the University of Tasmania
1937 - 1941 Head of Chemistry Department at the University of Tasmania
1941 - 1960 Foundation Professor of Chemistry at the University of Tasmania
1946 - 1948 Dean of the Faculty of Science at the University of Tasmania

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See Also

Bolton, H. C., 'Optical Instruments in Australia in the 1939-45 War: successes and lost opportunities', Australian Physicist, 1990, http://www.asap.unimelb.edu.au/bsparcs/exhib/papers/bolton2.htm. [ Details ]

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Prepared by: McCarthy, G.J.
Created: 20 October 1993
Modified: 30 May 2006

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