Radford, Joan

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Agent TypePersonActivities & OccupationsAcademics - ChemistryGenderFemale Last edited by: mbarrie@unimelb.edu.au

HistoryResearch compiled by Joan Radford for her book 'The Chemistry Department of the University: Its Contribution to Australian Science, 1854-1959', published in 1978.

Joan Radford was born in Australia and graduated with honours in chemistry fro the University of Melbourne. Her chemical career started as an analyst with a firm of Public Analysts in Melbourne where she was involved mainly with metallurgical analyses. She later became Spectroscopist and Officer-in-Charge of the physical laboratory of an arc-welding firm and then Scientific Officer at the Ministry of Supply in London, engaged in emission spectroscopy. Retruning to Australia Joan Radford engaged in spectroscopic research on the mottling of wheat at the University in Brisbane. In 1954 she joined the Chemistry Department at the University of Melbourne retiring as a Senior Lecturer in 1980.

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[2007.0044] Papers of Joan Radford

[1982.0010] Papers of Joan Radford

[1993.0105] Papers of Joan Radford

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Joan Radford and Graham Holland Correspondence 1985-1990

Dates

Date29th May 1993

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Given NameJoanMiddle NameTreasure Last edited by: mbarrie@unimelb.edu.au

Family NameRadford

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Source of DescriptionChemistry in 19th Century New Zealand, presented at the History of Science in New Zealand Conference at the Alexander Turnbull Library Wellington 12-14 February 1983. Last edited by: mbarrie@unimelb.edu.au

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Radford, Joan