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Frank Kerr (NASCAR)
Frank Kerr may refer to: * Frank John Kerr (1918–2000), Australian astronomer and physicist * Frank Kerr (cricketer) (1916–1943), New Zealand cricketer and RNZAF pilot * Frank Kerr (footballer) (1889–1977), Australian rules footballer and Australian Army officer {{hndis, Kerr, Frank ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frank John Kerr
Frank John Kerr (8 January 191815 September 2000) was an Australian astronomer and physicist who made contributions to human understanding of the galactic structure of the Milky Way. Born in St Albans to Australian parents, Kerr returned with his family to Australia after the completion of World War I. He received degrees in physics at the University of Melbourne and an MA in astronomy from Harvard University (1951). In 1940, Frank had joined the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) radiophysics laboratory in Sydney, Australia under the mentorship of Joseph Lade Pawsey. He pioneered the use of the magnetron, and also studied superrefraction. In Australia in late 1951, Kerr used a specially built 36-foot transit telescope, the largest dish of its kind in Australia, and started mapping the Magellanic Clouds, discovering considerable amounts of neutral hydrogen and an extended envelope around both clouds. From 1954 to 1955, Kerr was a member of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frank Kerr (cricketer)
Frank Bevan Kerr (28 October 1916 – 24 July 1943) was an Australian born Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF) pilot who was killed on active service during World War II. He played first-class cricket for Otago in the mid-1930s Kerr was born in Perth, Western Australia, to Gwendoline Lisle and H. Douglas Kerr. All his cricket, however, was played in New Zealand. His first-class debut for Otago came when he was 18, against Canterbury during the 1934–35 Plunket Shield season. A right-handed batsman, Kerr played another three Plunket Shield games the following season, as well as a match against the touring MCC team. Against Auckland in the first match of the season, he scored 44 not out from eighth in the batting order, his highest first-class score. Later in the season, he was promoted to third in the batting order, but had little success. Kerr's final first-class matches came during the 1936–37 season, when he played three games for only 28 runs (at an average of 4.66). His ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
