Doctor Charles Melbourne Focken
Physicist
- Born
- 23 October 1901, Kan Lung, Hong Kong
- Died
- 15 August 1978, Hawthorn East, Victoria
- Sex
- Male
- Father
- Charles Fredrick Focken (marine engineer)
- Mother
- Elizabeth Edwards Gray
- Married Elizabeth Sills
Degrees
| 1923 | Bachelor of Science | The University of Melbourne |
| 1931 | Bachelor of Civil Engineering | The University of Melbourne |
Career
- DPhil Oxon 1926, MS Colorado School of Mines 1935.
- Vic Rhodes Scholar for 1923.
- Physicist and museum dir.
Sources
PeopleAustralia: https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/focken-charles-melbourne-10209
Other Online: https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P006091b.htm