About Walter Boas
Lived 1904 – 1982 (aged 78). Walter Boas was a German and Australian physicist.
Walter Moritz Boas FAA (10 February 1904 – 12 May 1982) was a German-Australian metallurgist.
Boas was born in Berlin, Germany and was educated at the Technische Hochschule in Charlottenburg (now Technische Universität Berlin; Dip. Engin. 1928, Dr.-Ing. 1930). After several positions at German and Swiss institutions, Boas became a lecturer in metallurgy at University of Melbourne in 1938; then from 1940 to 1947, senior lecturer. From 1947 to 1949, Boas was principal research officer, CSIR Division of Tribophysics; and from 1949 to 1969 chief of the division.
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Who was Walter Boas?
metallurgist (1904–1982)
When was Walter Boas born?
Walter Boas was born on 10 February 1904 in Berlin.
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Walter Boas died on 12 May 1982 in Melbourne.
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Walter Boas was a physicist.
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Walter Boas was German and Australian.
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