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Person
Authorized form of name
Boyd, Arthur, 1879-1967
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Description area
Dates of existence
1879-1967
History
Professor Boyd was Professor of Engineering at Queensland University from 1946 and Dean of the Engineer Faculty from 1947 until his retirement in 1950. During his deanship, the course of naval architecture was inaugurated, and the support of the mining industry was obtained in establishing the chair of mining engineering. Collected with notes by S. Prentice.