PROFESSOR T. H. LABY DEAD
NOTABLE CAREER IN SCIENCE (N.Z. Press Association—Copyright) (Rec. 11 p.m.) MELBOURNE. June 23. Professor T. H. Laby, F.R.S., aged 66. a world-famous scientist, teacher, and research worker, died in hospital after a long illness. He was a pioneer in atomic research in Australia and specialised in nuclear physics. His most spectacular achievement was the successful photographing of the atom with equipment he designed himself. He also specialised in radium and cancer research and with S?ir Douglas Mawson discovered radium in mineral form in New South Wales and Western Australia. For 30 years he had occupied the Chair of Natural History at Melbourne University. Professor Laby was Professor of Physics at Victoria University College from 1909 to 1915, and among his publications was “University Reform in New Zealand.” Professor Laby had remarkable success as a leader in research. Thirteen of his students were awarded 1851 Exhibition scholarships, and two of them became Fellows of the Royal Society. _ I
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Press, Volume LXXXII, Issue 24909, 24 June 1946, Page 4
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