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Worner, Howard Knox (1913 - 2006)

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Metallurgist

Born: 3 August 1913 Swan Hill, Victoria, Australia. Died: 17 November 2006.

Worner was Professor of Metallurgy, University of Melbourne 1946-55 and then went to work for the mining companies, CRA Ltd and BHP Ltd. He published widely in the field of metallurgy and developed the "WORCRA" continuous smelting and refining process. In 1973 he became a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science and in 1975 a Foundation Fellow of the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering 1975.

Online Resources

'Worner, Howard Knox', in Physics in Australia to 1945, R.W. Home, with the assistance of Paula J. Needham, Australian Science Archives Project, June 1995, http://www.asap.unimelb.edu.au/bsparcs/physics/P000917p.htm.
'Worner, Howard Knox (1913 - ), Bright Sparcs', in Bright Sparcs, 2001 edn, 2001, http://www.asap.unimelb.edu.au/bsparcs/biogs/P000917b.htm.

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

Prepared by: Carolyn Rasmussen & Rachel Tropea
Created: 29 August 2001
Modified: 20 November 2006

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/UMFS080b.htm

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