Person

Booth, Edgar Harold (1893 - 1963)

MC

Born
12 February 1893
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Died
18 December 1963
Vaucluse, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation
Physicist

Summary

Edgar Booth was the first Warden of the New England University College 1937-1945. He had previously been a senior lecturer in physics at the University of Sydney 1919-1937.

Details

President, Northern New South Wales Committee of Services Education Advisory Council

Chronology

1914
Education - Bachelor of Science (BSc), University of Sydney
1915 - 1916
Career position - Acting lecturer and demonstrator in Physics, University of Sydney
1916 - 1919
Military service - First World War. Captain, 5th Australian Field Artillery, Australian Imperial Forces
1917
Award - Military Cross (MC) - Trench Mortar Battery
1919 - 1937
Career position - Senior Lecturer in Physics, University of Sydney
1922
Career event - Elected Associate Member (Physics), Australian National Research Council
1928 - 1930
Career position - Consultant physicist, Imperial Geophysical Experimental Survey
1928 - 1932
Career position - President, Science Teachers' Association of New South Wales
1936
Education - Doctor of Science (DSc), University of Sydney
1936 - 1937
Career position - President, Royal Society of New South Wales
1937 - 1945
Career position - Founding Warden, New England University College
1945 - 1948
Career position - London representative, Australian Wool Board
1955
Award - Doctor of Science (DSc), honoris causa, University of New England

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  • Mitchell, Bruce, 'Booth, Edgar Harold (1893-1963), soldier, university lecturer and administrator' in Australian dictionary of biography, volume 13: 1940 - 1980 A-De, John Ritchie, ed. (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1993), pp. 218-219. http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A130251b.htm. Details

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