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Oeser, Oscar A.

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Agent TypePersonIdentifierUMA-AG-000001521Activities & OccupationsAcademics - PsychologyHistoryOeser was born in 1904 in Pretoria. By the age of 27 he had graduated from the Transvaal University College, Rhodes University Cape Town, Philipps University Marburg and the University of Cambridge, and had gained two doctorates in two disciplines, physics and psychology. In 1933 Oeser became Head of the Department in Experimental Psychology at the University of St Andrews until 1940 when he served in the war initially as Wing Commander in the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, assigned to intelligence work by the Air Ministry. In 1945, Oeser was released from intelligence service by the Air Ministry to set up a new program of research as Controller General of the German Personnel Research Branch, focusing on the selection of personnel for the post-War reconstruction of Germany. In 1946, Oeser was appointed Foundation Chair in Psychology at the University of Melbourne where he remained until 1970 when he became Head of the Human Relations Unit at Western Mining. A member and chairman of numerous committees and a prolific researcher, Oeser was always concerned with the conditions of real life. He died in 1983.Search records of this agent

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Examination Papers - University of Melbourne Psychology II

Examination Papers - University of Melbourne Applied Psychology

Examination Papers - Monash University

Examination Papers - University of New England

Examination Papers - University of Melbourne Psychology IV

Examination Papers - University of Edinburgh

Examination Papers - University of Western Australia

Examination Papers - University of Melbourne Psychopathology

Examination Papers - University of Melbourne Collective Behaviour

Examination Papers - University of Queensland

Examination Papers - University of Melbourne Psychology Ill

Examination Papers - University of St Andrews

Examination Papers - University of Strathclyde

Examination Papers - University of New South Wales

Examination Papers - University of Melbourne Psychology 3 Question Pool

Examination Papers - University of Melbourne Psychology I

Examination Papers - Macquarie University

Examination Papers - University of Durham

Examination Papers - University of Leicester

Examination Papers - University of Sydney

Examination Papers - University of Tasmania

Examination Papers - University of Adelaide

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[2014.0021] PAPERS OF OSCAR ADOLPH OESER

[1984.0090] Consolidated Records of the Australian Psychological Society

[2022.0005] Academic gown owned by Oscar Oeser

[1985.0155] Papers of Oscar Adolph Oeser

[2001.0029] Papers of Professor Oscar Oeser

[1995.0130] Papers of Oscar Adolph Oeser

[1993.0151] Papers of Oscar Adolph Oeser

[1991.0138] Papers of Oscar Adolph Oeser

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[UMA-SRE-20160089] MANUSCRIPTS OF OSCAR OESER

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Air Ministry Headquarters Pass and Identity Card No 08693 - Oscar Oeser

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Date1904-1983

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