Harry Whale
Professor of physics at University of Auckland in New Zealand
About Harry Whale
Lived 1921 – 2009 (aged 88).
Henry Arthur Whale (14 February 1921 – 11 September 2009) was a professor of physics at the University of Auckland.
Whale was born in Windsor, England in 1921, the son of Frank Arthur Whale. He had his secondary schooling at Auckland Grammar School before studying science at the University of Auckland, from where he graduated M.Sc. in 1946.
He married Natalie Stella Clarke in 1942, the daughter of Joseph Clarke. They had one daughter. He took up the chair of the Radio Research Centre in the Department of Physics at the University of Auckland; the position was especially created for him. He died on 11 September 2009.
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Who was Harry Whale?
professor of physics at University of Auckland in New Zealand (1921–2009)
When was Harry Whale born?
Harry Whale was born on 14 February 1921.
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Harry Whale died on 11 September 2009.
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