Frederick William George White

New Zealand physicist (1905-1994)
Person human Q21166421

Facts

14 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[14]
Date of birth
May 26, 1905
Date of death
August 17, 1994
Country of citizenship
New Zealand[5]
Languages spoken, written or signed
English[17]
Family name
White[15]
Given name
Frederick[16]
Maintained by WikiProject
WikiProject Mathematics[18]
🏷️ Also known as
en Frederick William George White en Fred White en Sir Frederick William George White ar فرد وايت
🔖 Identifiers · 31
VIAF cluster ID
77649616
Library of Congress authority ID
n82005997
GND ID
128166061
Australian Dictionary of Biography ID
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BIBSYS ID
90509102
CONOR.SI ID
215163235
CiNii Research ID
1140282266557370496
Encyclopedia of Australian Science ID
P000889b
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Google Knowledge Graph ID
/g/11ddxds8g0
IdRef ID
082623171
Libraries Australia ID
35065055
NACSIS-CAT author ID
DA04678277
NLA Trove people ID
464875
National Library of Israel ID (old)
000441911
National Library of Israel J9U ID
987007273751005171
National Library of Poland MMS ID
9810603276705606
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
06895848X
OpenMLOL author ID
170181
People Australia ID
1035
Prabook ID
1398241
RERO ID (legacy)
A012817076
SHARE Catalogue author ID
150251
University of Barcelona authority ID
981058515870506706
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJcrg4BVM9GrD8KMxmP84q
ZbMATH author ID
white.f-w-g

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Summary

Frederick William George White was born on May 26, 1905[1]. He died on August 17, 1994[2]. He worked as a physicist[3] and ornithologist[4].

FAQs

What did Frederick William George White do for work?

Frederick William George White worked as a physicist[3] and ornithologist[4].

Where did Frederick William George White go to school?

Frederick William George White was educated at Victoria University of Wellington[9].

What awards did Frederick William George White receive?

Honors received include Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science[10], Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire[11], and Honorary Fellow of the Royal Society Te Apārangi[12].

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  1. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [3] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [4] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . science.org.au. Retrieved . science.org.au. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . royalsociety.org.nz. royalsociety.org.nz. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [1] ↑ . Obituaries Australia. wikidata.org.
  14. [2] ↑ . Obituaries Australia. wikidata.org.
  15. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [17] ↑ . CONOR.SI. wikidata.org.
  18. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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