Person

Cooke, Frank Basil (1892 - 1967)

Born: 22 December 1892
Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Died: 7 June 1967
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation: Electrical engineer and Mathematics teacher

Summary

Frank Cooke was an electrical engineer for Emco Electrical. He also taught maths for many years at several schools in New South Wales from 1948-1966.

Details

Chronology

1923 - 1929: Career position - Wireless Department at David Jones Ltd. in Sydney
c. 1930 -: Career position - Engineer at Emco Electrical, Sydney
1948 - 1966: Career position - Mathematics Teacher in Sydney

Published resources

Resources

'Cooke, Frank Basil (1892-1967)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1473780. Details

Resource Sections

'Cooke, Frank Basil', 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/P002222p.htm. Details

McCarthy, G.J.

Created: 25 October 1993, Last modified: 5 March 2018

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