Person
Honnor, Wilfred Weston (1904 - 1988)
- Born
- 11 September 1904
Adelaide, South Australia, Australia - Died
- 6 December 1988
late of Bayview, formerly of Clareville, New South Wales, Australia - Occupation
- Radio engineer
Summary
Wilfred Honnor worked as a radio engineer for Amalgamated Wireless (Australasia) Ltd (AWA) companies for nearly 20 years. He was appointed chief engineer in 1960 and published at least six articles in his field.
Details
Chronology
- 1927
- Education - Diploma of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, South Australian School of Mines (ASASM)
- 1927 - 1935
- Career position - Lecturer, Wireless and Electronics, South Australian School of Mines
- 1931
- Education - Bachelor of Science (BSc), University of Adelaide
- 1935
- Education - Fellowship, South Australian School of Mines (FSASM)
- 1935
- Education - Bachelor of Engineering (BE), University of Adelaide
- 1936
- Career position - Engineer, Marconi's Wireless Telegraph Co., UK
- 1937 - 1947
- Career position - Research Engineer, Amalgamated Wireless (Australasia) Ltd (AWA)
- 1938
- Career event - Associate Member (AMIEAust), Institution of Engineers Australia
- 1945
- Education - Master of Engineering (ME), University of Adelaide
- 1946
- Career event - Member (MIEAust), Institution of Engineers Australia
- 1947
- Award - Electrical Association Premium, Institution of Engineers Australia [Awarded 1949]
- 1947 - 1960
- Career position - Chief, Research Laboratories, Amalgamated Wireless (Australasia) Ltd (AWA)
- 1953 - 1954
- Career position - President, Institution of Radio Engineers Australia
- 1960 - 1966
- Career position - Chief Engineer, Amalgamated Wireless (Australasia) Ltd (AWA)
- 13 Sep 1968
- Career event - Fellow (FIEAust), Institution of Engineers Australia [Former Members were designated Fellows on this date.]
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. "Honnor, Wilfred Weston (b.1904). BE BSc FSASM MIREAust" p.101. Details
Journal Articles
- 'Electrical Association Premium - 1947 Award', Journal of the Institution of Engineers, Australia, 21 (6) (1949), 104. Includes a brief biography. Details
- Honnor, W. W., 'The effects of atmospheric conditions on aircraft radio equipment', Journal of the Institution of Engineers, Australia, 17 (7-8) (1945), 133-141. Details
- Rudd, J. B.; Honnor, W. W.; and McGuire, W. S., 'An experimental Frequency-Modulated broadcast transmitter', Journal of the Institution of Engineers, Australia, 20 (9) (1948), 107-117. Details
Reports
- Institution of Engineers Australia, Thirtieth Annual Report [1949] (1949), 16 pp. 'Prizes - Electrical Association Premium (1947 Award) - to Mr Wilfrid Weston Honnor, BSc ME MIEAust, and Mr James Brydon Rudd, BSc AMIEAust, Sydney Division, for the paper "An experimental Frequency-Modulated broadcast transmitter." It was recorded that Mr W S McGuire, non-member, was a joint author of the paper. Details
Resources
- 'Honnor, Wilfred Weston (1904-)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1473741. Details
Resource Sections
- 'Honnor, Wilfred Weston', 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/P001696p.htm. Details
Gavan McCarthy; Ken McInnes
Created: 20 October 1993, Last modified: 11 March 2025
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