Person

Farrant, John Lascelles (1918 - 2003)

Born
7 October 1918
Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Died
8 July 2003
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Occupation
Chemical physicist

Summary

John Farrant was a research officer in the Chemical Physics Section, CSIR/O Division of Industrial Chemistry (later Division of Chemical Physics) 1945-1982, and Chief Research Scientist 1982.

Details

Educated University of Western Australia (BSc 1940, MSc 1946). Radium officer, University of Western Australia 1940-41; physicist, Commonwealth X-ray & Radium Laboratory 1941-45; research officer, Chemical Physics Section, CSIR/O Division of Industrial Chemistry (later Division of Chemical Physics) 1945-82, Chief Research Scientist 1982.

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McCarthy, G.J.

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