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Duncanson, William Eric (1907 - 1994)
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Physicist
Born: 10 December 1907  Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia.  Died: 19 October 1994  Oxford.
William Eric Duncanson was Director of the Papua New Guinea Institute of Technology, Lae from 1966-73. Earlier he had worked in Delhi (1960-66) and Ghana (1954-60).
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1929Bachelor of Science (BSc) completed at the University of Sydney
1930Master of Science (MSc) completed at the University of Sydney
1933Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) completed at the University of Cambridge, UK
1934 - 1954Lecturer, later Reader, in Physics at University College London
1946Doctor of Science (DSc) received from the University of London
1954 - 1960Principal at Kumasi College of Technology in Ghana
1960 - 1966Colombo Plan Professor of Physics at the Indian Institute of Technology in Delhi
1966 - 1973Director of Papua New Guinea Institute of Technology in Lae
1975Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)

 
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Originally published 1994-1999 by Australian Science Archives Project, 1999-2006 by the Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre
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