| Authorised form of name | Head; Alan Kenneth (1925 - 2010) |
| Dates | 1925 - 2010 |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Place of birth | Melbourne, Australia |
| Date of birth | 10/08/1925 |
| Date of death | 09/01/2010 |
| Activity | Education:
Ballarat; Scotch College, Melbourne; Melbourne University; Bristol University. BA, PhD, DSc
Career:
Division of Aeronautics, CSIRO (1947-1950); Resident Scientist, Division of Tribophysics, CSIRO (1957-1981); Brown University (1961-1962); Visiting Professor, Florida University (1972); Visiting Professor, Oxford University (1980, 1986, 1990); Permanent Founder-Member, International Congress on Fracture; Resident Scientist, Division of Materials Science, CSIRO (1987-1990); Honorary Research Fellow, Division of Materials Science, CSIRO (1990)
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| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 17/03/1988 |
| Age at election | 62 |
| Relationships | Son of E H J Head; married (08 March 1951) Gwenneth Nancy |
| Source | Obituaries:
Biographical Memoirs of the Royal Society, Vol 57, 2011, pp 147-166, plate, by Peter Humble
Sources:
WWA1998 |
| Code | NA4094 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| RefNo | Title | Date |
| IM/002004 | Head, Alan Kenneth | nd |
| EC/1988/14 | Head, Alan Kenneth: certificate of election to the Royal Society | 1982 |