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Henry Arthur "Harry" Whale (14 February 1921 – 11 September 2009) was a professor of physics at the University of Auckland. Whale was born in Windsor, England in 1921, the son of Frank Arthur Whale.[1] He had his secondary schooling at Auckland Grammar School before studying science at the University of Auckland,[2] from where he graduated M.Sc. in 1946.[3] He married Natalie Stella Clarke in 1942, the daughter of Joseph Clarke. They had one daughter.[1] He won two scholarships to Trinity College, Cambridge (one of which was the 1851 Research Fellowship[1]), and the family relocated to England for his PhD studies.[2] He used a differential analyser in his PhD studies, an early form of computer, and purchased the machine in 1948 for £100. The family returned to New Zealand in 1950, and Whale brought the differential analyser with him; the computer is these days on display at the Museum of Transport and Technology in Auckland.[2][4] He took up the chair of the Radio Research Centre in the Department of Physics at the University of Auckland; the position was especially created for him.[2] His area of research was long distance radio, and he supervised between 60 and 70 PhD and Masters students during his time at Auckland University.[2] Whale was invited by Bill Pickering to the Goddard Space Flight Center to undertake research on the reasons for loss of communication when rockets pass through the ionosphere.[2] Whale was a visiting professor at the University of Illinois at Chicago in 1969, and the University of California in 1969–1970.[1] Whale received the T. K. Sidey Medal in 1955, set up by the Royal Society of New Zealand as an award for outstanding scientific research.[5][6] He died on 11 September 2009.[2][7] Bibliography
References1. ^1 2 3 {{cite book |title=Who's Who in New Zealand, 1978 |last=Traue |first=James Edward |year=1978 |edition=11th |publisher=Reed Publishing |location=Wellington |page=285}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Whale, Harry}}2. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 {{cite news|last1=Boys|first1=John|title=Professor Emeritus Henry Arthur (Harry) Whale|url=https://cdn.auckland.ac.nz/assets/central/for/the-media/publications/university-news/2009-issues/uoa_news_issue_21_2009.pdf|accessdate=7 August 2015|work=The University of Auckland News |volume=39|issue=21|publisher=University of Auckland|date=13 November 2009|page=6}} 3. ^{{cite web |title=NZ University Graduates 1870-1961 |url=http://shadowsoftime.co.nz/university24.html |publisher=Shadows of Time |accessdate=7 August 2015}} 4. ^{{cite news|last1=Rooney|first1=Edward|title=You thought your computer was old?|url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/aucklander/lifestyle/news/article.cfm?c_id=1503372&objectid=11011114|accessdate=8 August 2015|work=The Aucklander|date=30 November 2010}} 5. ^{{cite web |title=Background of the Medal |url=http://www.royalsociety.org.nz/programmes/awards/sidey-medal/background/ |publisher=Royal Society of New Zealand |accessdate=7 August 2015}} 6. ^{{cite web |title=Recipients |url=http://www.royalsociety.org.nz/programmes/awards/sidey-medal/recipients/ |publisher=Royal Society of New Zealand |accessdate=7 August 2015}} 7. ^{{cite web|title=In memory of Henry Arthur Whale|url=http://www.amemorytree.co.nz/remembrance.php?personid=81049|publisher=Memory Tree|accessdate=8 August 2015}} 7 : 1921 births|2009 deaths|People educated at Auckland Grammar School|University of Auckland alumni|University of Auckland faculty|Alumni of Trinity College, Cambridge|Radio pioneers |
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