Biographical entry
| Home | Browse | Search | Previous | Next |
|
|
Bright Sparcs
Biographical entry
|
|
|
Turnbull, Stanley Clive Perry (Clive) (1906 - 1975) |
||
|
||
| Journalist | ||
| Born: 22 December 1906 Glenorchy, Tasmania, Australia. Died: 25 May 1975 Hawthorn, Vaud, Australia. | ||
| Stanley Clive P. (Clive) Turnbull worked for several newspapers, in particular the Melbourne Herald and Argus. He also wrote a number of books of interest to historians of science, including The Aircraft Industry Comes of Age (1945), Wings of Tomorrow (1945, about Australian National Airways) and This Age of Oil: a History of the Petroleum Industry in Australia (1960). |
Career Highlights | ||
| Born Glenorchy, Tasmania, 22 December 1906. Journalist, Mercury Hobart 1922-26, Argus Melbourne 1926-32, Herald Melbourne and London 1932-40; Ministry of Munitions 1940; Far Eastern representative, Austalian Associated Press 1940-41; editorial staff, Herald Melbourne 1941-49; editorial adviser Argus 1949-52. | ||
| ||
See Also
| ||
|
|
| ||
|
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 Disclaimer, Copyright and Privacy Policy Submit any comments, questions, corrections and additions Prepared by: Acknowledgements Updated: 26 February 2007 http://www.asap.unimelb.edu.au/bsparcs/biogs/P004018b.htm |