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


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About Walter Boas

  • 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.

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