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Hopper, Victor David (1913 - 2005)

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Physicist

Born: 12 May 1913 Wales. Died: 15 July 2005 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

Victor David Hopper was Professor of Physics, RAAF Academy, University of Melbourne 1961-78. He had earlier taught physics at the University of Western Australia 1939 and at the University of Melbourne 1940-61.

Career Highlights

Chronology
1937 Bachelor of Science (BSc) completed at the University of Melbourne
1938 Master of Science (MSc) completed at the University of Melbourne
1939 Lecturer in Physics at the University of Western Australia
1940 - 1947 Lecturer in Physics at the University of Melbourne
1943 David Syme Research Prize received from the University of Melbourne
1947 - 1957 Senior Lecturer in Physics at the University of Melbourne
1949 Doctor of Science (DSc) received from the University of Melbourne
1957 - 1961 Reader in Physics at the University of Melbourne
1961 - 1978 Professor of Physics at the RAAF (Royal Australian Air Force) Academy at Point Cook
1961 - 1980 Dean of university students at the RAAF Academy
1980 Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)

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'Hopper, Victor David', 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/P001349p.htm. [ Details ]

See Also

Bolton, H. C., 'Optical Instruments in Australia in the 1939-45 War: successes and lost opportunities', Australian Physicist, 1990, http://www.asap.unimelb.edu.au/bsparcs/exhib/papers/bolton2.htm. [ Details ]

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Prepared by: McCarthy, G.J.
Created: 20 October 1993
Modified: 26 June 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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