Person
Cole, William Frederick (1917 - )
- Born
- 26 July 1917
Narrogin, Western Australia, Australia - Occupation
- Physicist
Summary
William Cole was a physicist with the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) from 1949 to 1984. Prior to this he worked at the University of Western Australia and the Munitions Supply Laboratories in Victoria.
Details
Chronology
- 1939
- Education - Bachelor of Science (BSc) completed at the University of Western Australia
- 1941
- Career position - Radium Officer for the Radon Laboratory at the University of Western Australia
- 1941
- Education - Master of Science (MSc) completed at the University of Western Australia
- 1942 - 1946
- Career position - Physicist with Munitions Supply Laboratories in Maribyrnong, Victoria
- 1946 - 1949
- Education - Hackett research student at the University of Cambridge, UK
- 1949
- Education - Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) completed at the University of Cambridge
- 1949 - 1982
- Career position - Research Physicist in the Division of Building Research at CSIRO (Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation)
- 1969
- Education - Doctor of Science (DSc) received from the University of Western Australia
- 1982 - 1984
- Career position - Research Fellow in the Division of Building Research at CSIRO
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Published resources
Resources
- 'Cole, William Frederick (1917-)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1473492. Details
Resource Sections
- 'Cole, William Frederick', 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/P001626p.htm. Details
McCarthy, G.J.
Created: 20 October 1993, Last modified: 28 February 2018
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