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Authors
Minnett, H. C.; and Robertson, Rutherford Sir
Title
Frederick William George White 1905-1994
In
Historical Records of Australian Science
Imprint
vol. 11, no. 2, 1996, pp. 239-258
Url
https://doi.org/10.1071/HR9961120239
Subject
Chronological Classification 1901- General Works
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White was one of the most influential men in Australian science during and after the Second World War. At 39 he resigned from his chair of physics at Canterbury College, University of New Zealand, to join the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) in Australia of which he subsequently became Chief Executive Officer.

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Also published on-line as part of the AAS Biographical Memoirs series: http://www.science.org.au/fellows/memoirs/white2.html

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Bright Sparcs Outside Links/Carlson 1997

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