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Bishop, Arthur Ernest (1917 - )

AM, FIEAust, FTS

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Engineer

Born: 24 October 1917

Arthur Ernest Bishop worked for the Department of Aircraft Production during World War II and developed landing gear steering and 'shimmy' control of military aircraft. He went on to become principal of A. E. Bishop and Associates, Sydney, now the Bishop Technology Group.

Career Highlights

Chronology
1941 - 1945 Department of Aircraft Production Botany Annexe
1946 - 1969 Chief Engineer with L.B.L. Pty Ltd
1955 - 1956 Director of Research and Development at Houdaville Hershey Corp., USA
1956 - Director of A. E. Bishop and Associates, Sydney (now the Bishop Technology Group)
1968 - Principal of A. E. Bishop and Associates
1984 Member of the Order of Australia (AM)

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See Also

Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering, Technology in Australia 1788-1988, Online edn, Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre, Melbourne, 3 May 2000, http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/tia/scripts/tia-dynindex.php3?EID=P003118. [ Details ]

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Prepared by: Helen Morgan
Created: 23 November 2000
Modified: 4 December 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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