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Grant, Colin Kerr (1912 - )

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Geophysicist
Born: 28 August 1912  Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Colin Kerr Grant worked as an engineer and geophysicist in the United Kingdom and the United States of America as well as in Australia. He was reader in geophysics at the University of Melbourne from 1958 to 1977.

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Chronology
1933Bachelor of Science (BSc) completed at the University of Adelaide
1935 - 1938Research Fellow in Geodesy at the University of Cambridge
1937Bachelor of Arts (BA) completed at the University of Cambridge, UK
1938 - 1940Assistant at the Adelaide Observatory
1940 - 1946War service with the Royal Australian Air Force
1946 - 1947Engineer at General Electric Co.in Schenectady, USA
1948 - 1955Geophysicist at the South Australian Department of Mines
1956 - 1958Engineer? at Electro-Tech International
1958 - 1977Reader in Geophysics at the University of Melbourne
1961Master of Science (MSc) completed at the University of Melbourne
1978 - 1979Consulting Geophysicist at Pexcon International in Houston, USA
1979 - 1982Geophysicist at the Law Engineering Testing Co. in Atlanta, USA
1982 - 1983Consulting Geophysicistin the USA (private practive)
1984 - Consulting Geophysicist in Melbourne (private practive)

 
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Created: 20 October 1993
Modified: 7 June 2005

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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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