Hercus, Eric O.

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Agent TypePersonIdentifierUMA-AG-000001555Activities & OccupationsAcademics - PhysicsHistoryEric Hercus was born in 1891 in Dunedin, New Zealand and educated at Otago Boys' High School, Otago University and Trinity College, Cambridge. He served as Lieutenant in the R.N.V.R., staff of Vice-Admiral, Dover Patrol from 1916 to 1918. Hercus joined the Department of Natural Philosophy at the University of Melbourne in 1922 and was appointed Associate Professor of Physics in 1931. For the duration of the Second World war he served as a member of Optical Munitions Panel for the Ministy of Munitions. Hercus published several books and papers, notably as a co-author with T.H. Laby on thermal conductivity.

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