Biographical entry Bailey, Victor Albert (1895 - 1964)

Summary

Victor Albert Bailey was employed as a demonstrator in Electrical Laboratory Oxford and occasional lecturer, Queen's College. In 1924 he was appointed as Associate Professor of Physics at the University of Sydney. Bailey was subsequently promoted to Professor of Experimental Physics 1936-52 and Research Professor 1953-60.

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Events

1919

Education - Bachelor of Arts in Physics (BA) completed at Queen's College, Oxford, UK

1923

Education - Doctor of Philosophy (Dphil) completed at Queen's College, Oxford

1924 - 1936

Career position - Associate Professor of Physics at the University of Sydney

1936 - 1952

Career position - Research Professor of Experimental Physics at the University of Sydney?

1953 - 1960

Career position - Research Professor of Physics at the University of Sydney?

1955 -

Career position - Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science (FAA)

1955

Award - Walter Burfitt Prize and A D Olle Award received from Royal Society of New South Wales

1961

Career position - Emeritus Professor at the University of Sydney?

Related entries

Archival resources

Adolph Basser Library, Australian Academy of Science

• Victor Albert Bailey - Records, 1936 - 1951, MS 32; Adolph Basser Library, Australian Academy of Science. Details

University of Sydney, Archives

• Victor Albert Bailey - Records, 1921 - 1965, P 66; University of Sydney, Archives. Details

Published resources

Book Sections

• Home, R. W., 'Bailey, Victor Albert (1895-1964), Physicist', in John Ritchie (ed.), Australian Dictionary of Biography, vol. 13, Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 1993, pp. 90-91. Also available at http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A130108b.htm. Details

Journal Articles

• 'Obituary: Professor V.A. Bailey', Australian Physicist, vol. 2, no. 4, 1965, p. 66. Details
• Hopper, John L., 'Opportunities and Handicaps of Antipodean Scientists: H.J. Nicholson and V.A. Bailey on the Balance of Animal Populations', Historical Records of Australian Science, vol. 7, no. 2, 1988, pp. 179-188. Also available at http://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/HR9880720179.htm. Details

Online Resources

• 'Bailey, Victor Albert - Ms 32', in Listing of Adolph Basser Library holdings, Australian Academy of Science, 1994, http://www.science.org.au/basser/manuscript-collection/ms032.html. Details
• 'Bailey, Victor Albert', in Physics in Australia to 1945, R.W. Home, with the assistance of Paula J. Needham, Australian Science Archives Project, June 1995, http://www.asap.unimelb.edu.au/bsparcs/physics/P000031p.htm. Details
• National Library of Australia, 'Bailey, Victor Albert', Trove, National Library of Australia and the Australian National Maritime Museum Darling Harbour, 2009, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1467993. Details

See also

• Crompton, R. W., 'Leonard George Holden Huxley 1902-198', Historical Records of Australian Science, vol. 8, no. 4, 1991, pp. 249-264. Also available at http://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/HR9910840249.htm. Details