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
Related entries
Published resources
Book Sections
- 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
Journal Articles
- Henderson, Roger, 'Edgar H. Booth: was he the first Australian exploration seismologist?', Preview, 195 (2018), 46-50. https://www.publish.csiro.au/PV/pdf/PVv2018n195p46. Details
- Somerville, J. M., 'Obituary: Dr. Edgar Harold Booth', Australian Journal of Science, 27 (1) (1964), 15-16. Details
Resources
- Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q21536955. Details
- CA 2001 Australian Imperial Force, Base Records Office, 'NAA: B2455, Booth E H', B2455 First Australian Imperial Force Personnel Dossiers, 1914-1920, National Archives of Australia, RecordSearch, https://RecordSearch.naa.gov.au/scripts/AutoSearch.asp?O=I&Number=3098857. Details
- 'Booth, Edgar H (1893-1963)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-630728. Details
Resource Sections
- 'Booth, Edgar Harold', 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/P000245p.htm. Details
Gavan McCarthy; Ken McInnes
Created: 20 October 1993, Last modified: 24 April 2024
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