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Allen, James Bernard (1870 - 1912)

Physicist and Civil engineer

Born: 19 May 1870 South Australia, Australia. Died: 13 March 1912 Perth, Western Australia, Australia.

James Bernard Allen taught mathematics and physics at the University of Adelaide 1898- 1901 and at the Perth Technical College 1901-12. Earlier he had worked as civil engineer in South Australia 1895-97 and had been a science master at Prince Alfred College, Adelaide 1897.

Career Highlights

Chronology
1891 Bachelor of Science (BSc) completed at the University of Adelaide
1894 Bachelor of Arts (BA) completed at the University of Sydney
1895 - 1897 Civil engineer in South Australia
1897 Science Master at Prince Alfred College in Adelaide
1898 - 1901 Assistant Lecturer in Mathematics and Physics at the University of Adelaide
1901 - 1912 Lecturer in Mathematics and Physics at Perth Technical School

Online Sources

'Allen, James Bernard', 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/P001583p.htm. [ Details ]

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Prepared by: McCarthy, G.J.
Created: 20 October 1993
Modified: 18 October 2006

Published by The University of Melbourne eScholarship Research Centre on ASAPWeb, 1994 - 2007
Originally published 1994-1999 by Australian Science Archives Project, 1999-2006 by the Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre
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