Person
Clark, Edward Vincent (1876 - 1952)
- Born
- 17 December 1876
Adelaide, South Australia, Australia - Died
- 3 October 1952
Adelaide, South Australia, Australia - Occupation
- Electrical engineer
Summary
Edward Clark was lecturer in electrical engineering at the University of Adelaide 1910-1944.
Details
Chronology
- 1888 - 1893
- Education - Prince Alfred College, Adelaide, South Australia
- 1893 - 1895
- Education - Bachelor of Science (BSc), University of Adelaide
- 1898 - 1899
- Education - University College, London, under Prof. Thomas Hudson Beare
- 1898 - 1902
- Award - Angas Engineering Scholar
- 1899 - 1901
- Career position - Trainee engineer, Siemen's Brothers, Woolwich, England, under Alexander Siemens
- 1901
- Award - James Forrest Medal and Miller Scholarship, Institution of Civil Engineers, London
- 1901 - 1902
- Career position - Estimating staff, Siemen's Brothers, Woolwich, England
- 1902 - 1904
- Career position - Assistant engineer, Bramewell & Harris, Consulting engineers, London
- 4 Feb 1902
- Career event - Associate Member (AssocMInstCE), Institution of Civil Engineers, London
- 1906 - 1907
- Career position - Lecturer, Electrical and Mechanical engineering, South Australian School of Mines and Industries, Adelaide
- 1908 - 1909
- Career position - Assistant engineer, Station superintendent, Municipal Tramways Trust, Adelaide, under W. G. T. Goodman
- 1910 - 1944
- Career position - Lecturer in electrical engineering, University of Adelaide
- 1916 - 1919
- Career position - Served in the AIF, 15th Field Company, 5th Australian Division.
- 1919
- Career event - Foundation Associate Member (AMIEAust), Institution of Engineers Australia
- 1922
- Career event - Member (MIEAust), Institution of Engineers Australia
- 10 Jan 1928
- Career event - Member (MInstCE), Institution of Civil Engineers, London
Related entries
Published resources
Edited Books
- Cumming, D. A.; Moxham, G. C. ed., They built South Australia : engineers, technicians, manufacturers, contractors and their work (Adelaide: D.A. Cumming and G.C Moxham, 1986), 241 pp. "Clark, Edward Vincent. BE(Adel), BSc(Adel), AMICE, AMIEE, MIEAust (1876-1952)" pp.40-41. Details
Journal Articles
- Brookman, J. R.; Wigan, L. J. C.; Clark, E. V.; Varey, J. W. L.; Potts, W. A.; Longbottom, C. M.; Haugaard, F. B.; Howells, E. D.; Palmer, S. F., 'Relay protection for electrical circuits (Discussions and communications)', Transactions of the Institution of Engineers, Australia, 7 (1926), 653-672, https://search.informit.org/doi/10.3316/informit.865422278016582. Details
- Clark, E. V., 'Liquid air', South Australian Institute of Engineers: Biennial proceedings 1916 - 1917 (1917), 71-89, https://images.slsa.sa.gov.au/zper/i14966505/zperi14966505_1916-1917.pdf. Details
- Eaton, John Henry Osborn; Farrent, T. A.; Chapman, R. W.; Jenkinson, H. G.; Robin, R. C.; Clark, E. V.; Chapman, R. H.; Brookman, J. K.; Veale, W. C. D., 'Mount Bold Storage. Adelaide metropolitan water supply (Discussions and communications)', Journal of the Institution of Engineers, Australia, 5 (6) (1933), 192. Details
- Hodgson, H. J. N.; Borrie, E. F.; Davis, J. A.; Clark, E. V., 'Glenelg Sewage Treatment Works (Discussions and communications)', Journal of the Institution of Engineers, Australia, 8 (4) (1936), 141-143. Details
- Lea, R. H. M.; Brookman, J. R.; Watkins, A. A.; Wheadon, F. W. H.; Clark, E. V.; Gleed, S. W.; Hursthouse, C. F.; Stobie, J. C.; Chapman, R. W.; Wigan, L. J. C., 'Rural transmission line practice on the system of the Adelaide Electric Supply Company, Limited. (Discussions and communications)', Journal of the Institution of Engineers, Australia, 8 (10), 400-402. Details
- Stobie, J. C.; Fawcett, W. D'A.; Clark, E. V., 'Value of electrical losses in transmission and distribution (Discussions and communications)', Journal of the Institution of Engineers, Australia, 11 (3) (1939), 96. Details
- Thorn, William; Harvey, John Lewis Whilton; Wright, C. E.; Clark, E. V., 'The application of shunt capacitors to distribution systems (Discussions and communications)', Journal of the Institution of Engineers, Australia, 13 (8) (1941), 190-193. Details
- Wheadon, F. W. H.; Clark, E. V.; Watkins, A. A.; Hursthouse, C. F.; Forbes Mackay, H. R.; Forster, A. D. J.; Sinclair, W.; Carter, H. G., 'The Osborne Power Station and transmission system of the Adelaide Electric Supply Co. Ltd. (Discussions and communications)', Transactions of the Institution of Engineers, Australia, 5 (1925), 372-380, https://search.informit.org/doi/10.3316/informit.862795029069176. Details
Resources
- 'Students' paper No.472. The Theory of Cast Iron Beams.', Minutes of the Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers, Institution of Civil Engineers, https://doi.org/10.1680/imotp.1902.18269. Details
- Institution of Civil Engineers, London, 'Application: 10721, 1901', Civil Engineer Membership Forms, 1818-1930, ancestry.com, https://www.ancestry.com.au/search/collections/3585/. Details
- 'Clark, Edward Vincent (1876-1952)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1475042. Details
Resource Sections
- 'Clark, Edward Vincent', 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/P001622p.htm. Details
McCarthy, G.J.
Created: 20 October 1993, Last modified: 27 April 2022
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