Person
Lang, Keith Campbell (1908 - 1996)
- Born
- 10 April 1908
Ballarat, Victoria, Australia - Died
- 1996
- Occupation
- Physicist
Summary
Keith Lang was a physicist who held a number of important positions within government run organizations, including the Munitions Supply Laboratories and its successors (1936-1964). During his career he wrote at lest two scientific articles and taught for the Victorian education department.
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Chronology
- 1930
- Education - Bachelor of Science (BSc), University of Melbourne
- 1931
- Education - Master of Science (MSc), University of Melbourne
- 1931?
- Education - Bachelor of Arts with Honours (BA (Hons)), University of Melbourne
- 1932
- Education - Diploma of Education (DipEd), University of Melbourne
- 1932 - 1936
- Career position - Science Teacher with the Education Department of Victoria
- 1935
- Education - Master of Arts (MA), University of Melbourne
- 1936 - 1964
- Career position - Physicist then Principal Research Scientist at the Munitions Laboratories in Maribyrnong, Victoria
- 1957 - 1959
- Career position - Physical Sciences Representative at Australia House in London
- 1965 - 1973
- Career position - First Assistant Officer of Research and Development at the Commonwealth Department of Supply
- 1970 - 1996
- Award - Honorary Fellow, Australian Institute of Physics
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Published resources
Resources
- 'Lang, Keith Campbell (1908-)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1475553. Details
Resource Sections
- 'Lang, Keith Campbell', 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/P001721p.htm. Details
McCarthy, G.J.
Created: 20 October 1993, Last modified: 23 February 2024
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