Person
Maslen, Edward Norman (1935 - 1997)
FAA
- Born
- 8 August 1935
East Coolgardie, Western Australia, Australia - Died
- 2 February 1997
- Occupation
- Chemical physicist and Crystallographer
Summary
Edward Maslen was Director of the Crystallography Centre at the University of Western Australia 1972-1993 and head of the physics department at the university 1993-1997. He was a crystallographer who was interested in the charge densities in inorganic crystals.
Details
Born East Coolgardie, Western Australia, 8 August 1935. Died Perth, 2 February 1997. Educated University of Western Australia (BSc (hons) 1956) and Oxford (DPhil 1960). Lecturer in Physics, University of Western Australia 1960-62, senior lecturer 1963-67, reader 1968-71, foundation director, UWA Crystallography Centre 1972-92, Head, UWA Department of Physics 1993-97. Chairman, Western Australian branch, Australian Institute of Physics 1968-69, President, Society for Crystallographers in Australia 1980-81. Rhodes Scholarship 1957-59, Fellow, Australian Academy of Science 1995.
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Published resources
Journal Articles
- Hall, S.R.; and Mathieson, A. McL., 'Edward Norman Maslen 1935-1997', Historical Records of Australian Science, 13 (3) (2001), 323-50. https://doi.org/10.1071/HR0011330323. Details
Resources
- Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q68172458. Details
- 'Maslen, Edward Norman (1935-1997)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1476041. Details
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Created: 30 June 1997, Last modified: 2 March 2018