Person

Baker, William George (1902 - 1978)

Born
17 May 1902
Clarendon, South Australia, Australia
Died
15 August 1978
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation
Radio engineer and Physicist

Summary

William Baker was an engineer with AWA Ltd 1931-1953 and Director of the Marconi School of Wireless 1934-1953.

Details

Born Clarendon, South Australia, 17 May 1902. Educated University of Sydney (BSc 1921, BE 1923, DScEng 1932). Walter & Eliza Hall Fellow in Engineering 1924-26; research scientist, Radio Research Board, CSIR 1928-31; engineer, AWA Ltd 1931-53; Director, Marconi School of Wireless 1934-53; Editor, "AWA Technical Review" 1935-40; officer in charge, Ionospheric Prediction Service 1953-67.

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Resources

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