Person
Duncanson, William Eric (1907 - 1994)
- Born
- 10 December 1907
Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia - Died
- 19 October 1994
Oxford - Occupation
- Physicist
Summary
William Duncanson was Director of the Papua New Guinea Institute of Technology, Lae from 1966-1973. Earlier he had worked in Delhi (1960-1966) and Ghana (1954-1960).
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Chronology
- 1929
- Education - Bachelor of Science (BSc) completed at the University of Sydney
- 1930
- Education - Master of Science (MSc) completed at the University of Sydney
- 1933
- Education - Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) completed at the University of Cambridge, UK
- 1934 - 1954
- Career position - Lecturer, later Reader, in Physics at University College London
- 1946
- Education - Doctor of Science (DSc) received from the University of London
- 1954 - 1960
- Career position - Principal at Kumasi College of Technology in Ghana
- 1960 - 1966
- Career position - Colombo Plan Professor of Physics at the Indian Institute of Technology in Delhi
- 1966 - 1973
- Career position - Director of Papua New Guinea Institute of Technology in Lae
- 1975
- Award - Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)
Published resources
Resources
- 'Duncanson, William Eric (1907-1994)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1473483. Details
Resource Sections
- 'Duncanson, William Eric', 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/P001640p.htm. Details
McCarthy, G.J.
Created: 20 October 1993, Last modified: 28 February 2018
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