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Farr, Clinton Coleridge (1866 - 1943)

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Electrical engineer and Physicist

Born: 22 May 1866 Adelaide, South Australia, Australia. Died: 27 January 1943 Christchurch, New Zealand.

Clinton Coleridge Farr taught physics and electrical engineering in Australia and New Zealand. He bacame professor of Physics at Canterbury University College, Christchurch, New Zealand in 1910.

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Chronology
1888 Bachelor of Science (BSc) completed at the University of Adelaide
1889 Teacher at the Angas Engineering School, New South Wales?
1889 Master of Science? (MSc) completed at the University College, London
1891 - 1893 Teacher at the Angas Engineering School
1891 - 1893 Doctor of Philosophy? (PhD) completed at the University of Sydney
1894 Lecturer in Electrical Engineering at the University of Adelaide
1895 - 1904 Tutor in Mathematics and Physics at St Paul's College, University of Sydney
1897 - 1898 Lecturer in Mathematics and Physics at the Lincoln Agriculture College in Christchurch, New Zealand
1898 Magnetic survey of northern Australia
1898 - 1904 Director of the Christchurch Magentic Observatory
1902 Doctor of Science (DSc) received from the University of Adelaide
1903 - 1910 Lecturer in Physics and Surveying at Canterbury University College in Christchurch
1910 - 1936 Professor of Physics at Canterbury University College in Christchurch, New Zealand
1928 - Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS)

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'Farr, Clinton Coleridge', 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/P001650p.htm. [ Details ]

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Prepared by: McCarthy, G.J.
Created: 20 October 1993
Modified: 31 July 2006

Published by The University of Melbourne eScholarship Research Centre on ASAPWeb, 1994 - 2007
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