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Swinbank, William Christopher (1913 - 1973)

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    William Christopher Swinbank
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Born
8 May 1913
Easington Village, Durham, England
Died
28 December 1973
Occupation
Meteorologist and Physicist

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Bill Swinbank was a Chief Research Scientist with the CSIRO from 1961 to 1971 when he went to the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Boulder, USA, as Director of the National Hail Research Experiment.

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1961 - 1971
Career position - Chief Research Scientist, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), Australia
1970 -
Award - Fellow, Australian Academy of Science (FAA)
1971 - c. 1973
Career position - Director of the National Hail Research Experiment, National Centre for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, United States of America

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