John Robert Booker
From Engineering Heritage Australia
John Booker (1942-1998)
At the time of his death John Booker held a personal chair in engineering mechanics in the Department of Civil Engineering at the University of Sydney, and was widely regarded as one of the finest researchers of his generation working in the field of theoretical geomechanics. A detailed appreciation of his life and work by JP Carter, HG Poulos and RI Tanner is available at the Australian Academy of Science website and may be accessed using the link:
https://www.science.org.au/fellowship/fellows/biographical-memoirs/john-robert-booker-1942-1998
