Person
Grant, Colin Kerr (1912 - 2011)
- Born
- 28 August 1912
Adelaide, South Australia, Australia - Died
- 10 November 2011
- Occupation
- Geophysicist
- Alternative Names
- Kerr-Grant, Colin
Summary
Colin Kerr Grant worked as an engineer and geophysicist in the United Kingdom and the United States of America as well as in Australia. He was reader in geophysics at the University of Melbourne from 1958 to 1977.
Details
Chronology
- 1933
- Education - Bachelor of Science (BSc) completed at the University of Adelaide
- 1935 - 1938
- Career position - Research scholar in geology and geophysics at the University of Cambridge
- 1937
- Education - Bachelor of Arts (BA) completed at the University of Cambridge, UK
- 1938 - 1940
- Career position - Assistant at the Adelaide Observatory
- 1940 - 1946
- Military service - War service with the Royal Australian Air Force
- 1946 - 1947
- Career position - Engineer at General Electric Co.in Schenectady, USA
- 1948 - 1955
- Career position - Geophysicist at the South Australian Department of Mines
- 1956 - 1958
- Career position - Engineer? at Electro-Tech International
- 1958 - 1977
- Career position - Reader in Geophysics at the University of Melbourne
- 1961
- Education - Master of Science (MSc) completed at the University of Melbourne
- 1978 - 1979
- Career position - Consulting Geophysicist at Pexcon International in Houston, USA
- 1979 - 1982
- Career position - Geophysicist at the Law Engineering Testing Co. in Atlanta, USA
- 1982 - 1983
- Career position - Consulting Geophysicistin the USA (private practice)
- 1984 -
- Career position - Consulting Geophysicist in Melbourne (private practice)
Related entries
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Published resources
Books
- Grant, Kerr, The Life and Work of Sir William Bragg (Brisbane: University of Queensland Press, 1952). Details
Journal Articles
- Grant, Colin Kerr, 'Three Pioneers', Radar Returns, 12 (2) (2007), 7-8. http://radarreturns.net.au/assets/issues/rrvol12no2S.pdf. Details
- Grant, Kerr, 'Obituary: Sir William Henry Bragg, OM, FRS, KBE', Australian Journal of Science, 4 (5) (1942), 152-153. Details
- Grant, Kerr, 'Obituary: Sir Thomas Ranken Lyle', Australian Journal of Science, 6 (6) (1944), 174-176. Details
- Grant, Kerr and Gartrell, H. W., 'Obituary: Robert William Chapman, 1866-1942', Australian Journal of Science, 5 (1) (1942), 35-36. Details
Resources
- 'Grant, Colin Kerr (19120828-)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1476443. Details
Resource Sections
- 'Grant, Colin Kerr', 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/P001669p.htm. Details
McCarthy, G.J.
Created: 20 October 1993, Last modified: 18 November 2011
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