Person
Knapp, August (1873 - 1943)
- Born
- 31 August 1873
Manchester, England - Died
- 23 April 1943
Perth, Western Australia, Australia - Occupation
- Optician
Summary
August Knapp worked as an optician in Queensland and Western Australia from the 1890s. He wrote at least one scientific article.
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Chronology
- c. 1893 - c. 1897
- Career position - Apprentice Optician in Brisbane, Queensland
- 1897 - 1943
- Career position - Optician in Perth
- 1925 - 1930
- Career position - Associate of the Royal Photographic Society in Great Britain
- 1930 -
- Award - Fellow, Royal Photographic Society, Great Britain
Published resources
Resources
- 'Knapp, August (1873-1943)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1473753. Details
Resource Sections
- 'Knapp, August', 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/P001719p.htm. Details
McCarthy, G.J.
Created: 20 October 1993, Last modified: 4 July 2005
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