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Baker, George (1908 - 1975)

Geologist

Born: 10 October 1908 England. Died: 29 August 1975.

Baker was a Senior Principal Research Scientist at CSIRO where his main interest in geology was the research into australites.

Career Highlights

Born Coventry, England, 10 October 1908. Died Mount Eliza, Victoria, 29 August 1975. MSc, DSc 1956. Junior assistant, Geology School, University of Melbourne from 1925; worked at the University of Melbourne till 1968, although an employee of CSIRO from 1948; Honorary Associate in Mineralogy, National Museum of Victoria. Syme Prize (shared) 1944, first recipient of Royal Society of Victoria's Research Medal 1959. Commissioner for Australia of the International Committee on Meteorites.

Online Resources

'Baker, George (1908 - 1975), Biographical Entry', in Bright Sparcs, 2001 edn, 2001, http://www.asap.unimelb.edu.au/bsparcs/biogs/P001539b.htm.

Structure based on ISAAR(CPF) - click here for an explanation of the fields.

Prepared by: Carolyn Rasmussen & Rachel Tropea
Created: 6 September 2001
Modified: 21 November 2001

Published by Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre on AustehcWeb, October 2001
Comments, questions, corrections and additions: http://www.esrc.unimelb.edu.au/about/inquiries.html#comment
Prepared by: Acknowledgements
Updated: 16 November 2009
http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/umfs/biogs/UMFS177b.htm

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