nationality birth_date known_for article_title name occupation
australian 1911/12 mmtb chairman -lrb- 1970 -- 1976 -rrb- francis kirby
 francis `` frank '' richard kirby engineer tramways administrator
francis kirby

francis `` frank '' richard kirby -lrb- 1911/12 -rrb- was an australian electrical engineer and tramway administrator .
after working at the state electricity commission of victoria as an engineer , kirby started working for the melbourne and metropolitan tramways board -lrb- mmtb -rrb- .
he become the mmtb 's fourth chairman in 1970 , taking over from robert risson , and was succeeded by dudley snell , the last chairman of the mmtb , in 1976 .
