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Filmer, Walter Drowley (1865 - 1944)

Electrical engineer

Born: 1 September 1865 Maitland, New South Wales, Australia. Died: 1944 Lake Macquarie, New South Wales, Australia.

Walter Drowley Filmer was an Honorary Electrician at Newcastle Hospital (1896-1910) and a Lecturer in Applied Electricity at Newcastle Technical College (1912-30). During his career he wrote at least two scientific articles on X-rays.

Career Highlights

Chronology
1884 - 1885 Telegraph Officer with the New South Wales Post Office
1885 - 1912 Telegraph Officer with the New South Wales Railways
1896 - 1910 Honorary Electrician at Newcastle Hospital in New South Wales
1912 - 1930 Lecturer in Applied Electricity Newcastle Technical College

Online Sources

'Filmer, Walter Drowley', 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/P002227p.htm. [ Details ]

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Created: 29 June 1995
Modified: 28 September 2005

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