Person
Cornish, Allan William (1910 - 1995)
- Born
- 11 November 1910
Fitzroy, Victoria, Australia - Died
- 10 April 1995
- Occupation
- Meteorologist
Summary
Allan Cornish joined the Bureau of Meteorology in 1929 as a meteorological assistant, serving in the RAAF Meteorological Service during the Second World War. He left the Bureau after the war and went to the department of supply. He authored Memories of the Bureau of Meteorology 1929-1946, Metarch Papers No. 8, 1996.
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Published resources
Books
- Cornish, A.; Stout, R.; Swan, K.; Glendinning, C., Memories of the Bureau of Meteorology 1929-1946: History of Major Meteorological Installations in Australia From 1945-1981: Four Years in the RAAF Meteorological Service: the Bureau of Meteorology in Papua and New Guinea in the 1950s, Metarch Papers No. 8 (Bureau of Meteorology, 1996). Details
Resources
- 'Cornish, Allan William (1910-1995)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1475953. Details
Resource Sections
- Cornish, A.; Stout, R.; Swan, K.; Glendinning, C., 'Memories of the Bureau of Meteorology 1929-1946: History of Major Meteorological Installations in Australia From 1945-1981: Four Years in the RAAF Meteorological Service: the Bureau of Meteorology in Papua and New Guinea in the 1950s', in Federation and Meteorology, 2001, http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/fam/0490.html. Details
See also
- Federation and Meteorology, 2001, http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/fam/index_c.html. Details
Helen Morgan
Created: 10 May 2001, Last modified: 9 March 2018
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