Walter Boas, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Walter Boas

metallurgist

Date of Birth: 10-Feb-1904

Place of Birth: Berlin

Date of Death: 12-May-1982

Profession: physicist

Nationality: Germany, Australia

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

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 Berlin Institute of Technology (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.The Walter Boas Medal of the Australian Institute of Physics is named in his honour.