Cherry, Richard Ormond - Faculty of Science at the University of Melbourne Biographical entry

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Cherry, Richard Ormond (1903 - 1996)

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Physicist

Born: 6 July 1903 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Died: 13 January 1996.

Cherry was lecturer, then senior lecturer, in physics at the University of Melbourne 1946-68.

Career Highlights

Born Melbourne, 6 July 1903. Died Melbourne, 13 January 1996. Educated University of Melbourne (BSc 1925, MSc 1927). Research physicist, CSIR Radio Research Board 1928-32; consulting physicist, Melbourne 1934-39; Australian Army 1940-45; lecturer in physics, University of Melbourne 1946-51; senior lecturer 1952-68.

Online Resources

'Cherry, Richard Ormond (1903 - 1996), Biographical Entry', in Bright Sparcs, 2001 edn, 2001, http://www.asap.unimelb.edu.au/bsparcs/biogs/P001621b.htm.

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Prepared by: Carolyn Rasmussen & Rachel Tropea
Created: 4 September 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/UMFS137b.htm

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