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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]

He 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.

References

  1. ^ Humble, Peter (2010). "Alan Kenneth Head AO FAA. 10 August 1925 -- 9 January 2010". Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society. doi:10.1098/rsbm.2010.0013.
  2. ^ Notices 2010 Deaths of Fellows in 2010, The Royal Society. Retrieved 26 December 2011.
  3. ^ http://www.eoas.info/biogs/P000485b.htm
  4. ^ Head, A. K. (1957). "A New Form for a Giant Radio Telescope". Nature. 179 (4562): 692. doi:10.1038/179692a0.