Herbert Reah Harper

Herbert Reah Harper
Born(1871-06-23)23 June 1871
London, UK
Died27 July 1956(1956-07-27) (aged 85)
Melbourne, Australia
NationalityBritish
CitizenshipAustralia
EducationCity and Guilds Technical College
OccupationEngineer
Engineering career
DisciplineEngineer
InstitutionsState Electricity Commission of Victoria
AwardsKernot Medal, Peter Nicol Russell Medal

Herbert Reah Harper (23 June 1871 – 27 July 1956[1]) was a British born, Australian electrical engineer who played an important role in the development of first the Melbourne electric supply and then the State Electricity Commission of Victoria.[2]

  1. ^ SEC Magazine, Aug-Sept 1956
  2. ^ Andrew Spaull, 'Harper, Herbert Reah (1871–1956)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, 1983, accessed online 16 September 2014