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Wilkins, Thomas (1887 - 1946)

Electrical engineer

Born: 18 October 1887 Ballina, New South Wales, Australia. Died: 12 November 1946 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

Thomas Wilkins was a consulting electrical engineer to the University of Sydney from 1931 to 1946. He also ran a private consulting practice in Sydney from 1919 to 1933.

Career Highlights

Chronology
1911 Bachelor of Engineering (BE) completed at the University of Sydney
1912 - 1914 Engineer with the New South Wales Railways
1914 - 1919 Assistant Censor for New South Wales
1916 - 1917 War service with the Australian Imperial Force
1919 - 1933 Consulting Engineer in Sydney
1931 - 1938 Consulting Electrical Engineer with the Cancer Research Commission at the University of Sydney
1933 - 1946 Consulting Electrical Engineer with the Office of Works at the University of Sydney

Online Sources

'Wilkins, Thomas', 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/P001842p.htm. [ Details ]

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Prepared by: McCarthy, G.J.
Created: 20 October 1993
Modified: 6 September 2005

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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