Alan Head

Alan Kenneth Head AO, FAA, FRS[1] (10 August 1925 – 9 January 2010) was an Australian physicist,[2] and Chief of the Division of Chemical Physics, at Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation from 1981 to 2010.[3][4]

Head earned a Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Science from the University of Melbourne, PhD from the University of Bristol, and Doctorate of Science from the University of Melbourne. He was made an Officer of the Order of Australia in the 1992 Queen's Birthday Honours in recognition of his "service to science through research into the structure of solids and its application to industry".[5]

References

  1. ^ Humble, Peter (2010). "Alan Kenneth Head AO FAA. 10 August 1925 – 9 January 2010". Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society. 57: 147–166. doi:10.1098/rsbm.2010.0013. S2CID 60657697.
  2. ^ Notices 2010 Deaths of Fellows in 2010, The Royal Society. Retrieved 26 December 2011.
  3. ^ "Head, Alan Kenneth". Encyclopedia of Australian Science. Retrieved 8 July 2020.
  4. ^ Head, A. K. (1957). "A New Form for a Giant Radio Telescope". Nature. 179 (4562): 692–693. Bibcode:1957Natur.179..692H. doi:10.1038/179692a0. S2CID 41225279.
  5. ^ "Dr Alan Kenneth Head". Australian Honours Search Facility, Dept of Prime Minister and Cabinet. Retrieved 9 July 2020.
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