Biographical entry Grant, Kerr (1878 - 1967)

Sir, Professor, Emeritus Professor

Born

26 June 1878
Bacchus Marsh, Victoria, Australia

Died

13 October 1967
Adelaide, South Australia, Australia

Occupation

Academic and Physicist

Summary

BSc, Msc.
University of Melbourne, Wyselaskie Scholarship in Mathematics 1900
Ormond College, Tutor

Details

Chronology

c. 1896

Scholarships - to John O'Hara's South Melbourne College

1897

Ormond College - Resident and Schoalrship

1902 - 1948

Occupation - Acting Professor and later Professor of Physics, Univerity of Adeliade

1904

Education - University of Göttingen

1947

Awards - Knighted

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Published Resources

Online Resources

• Tomlin, S.G, Grant, Sir Kerr (1878-1967), Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, 1983, http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/grant-sir-kerr-6456. Details

Created: 7 November 2018, Last modified: 13 November 2018