Biographical entry Gascoigne, Sidney Charles Bartholemew (1915 - 2010)

Summary

Ben Gascoigne was Professor in Astronomy, Australian National University, Canberra 1964-1980. Before that he worked at the Australian National University as Reader and Assistant Director (Research) and at the Commonwealth Observatory from 1941-1957.

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Events

1937

Education - Master of Science (MSc) completed at Auckland University College

1940 - 1941

Career position - Optical munitions work with the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research (DSIR) in New Zealand

1941

Education - Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) completed at the University of Bristol, UK

1941 - 1945

Career position - Staff member at the Commonwealth Observatory

1945 - 1951

Career position - Senior Scientific Officer at the Commonwealth Observatory

1951 - 1957

Career position - Principal Scientific Officer at the Commonwealth Observatory

1951 - 1961

Career position - Reader at the Australian National University in Canberra

1958 - 1964

Career position - President IAU Sub-Commission on the Magellanic Clouds

1961 - 1967

Career position - Assistant Director (Research) at the Australian National University

1964 - 1980

Career position - Personal Professor at the Australian National University

1966

Award - Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science (FAA)

11 June 1996

Award - Appointed Officer of the Order of Australia (AO)

Related entries

Published resources

Books

• Gascoigne, S. C. B, Proust, K. M. and Robins, M. O., The Creation of the Anglo-Australian Observatory, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1990, 314 pp. Details

Book Sections

• Gascoigne, S. C. B., 'Ellery, Robert Lewis John (1827-1908), astronomer and public servant', in Douglas Pike (ed.), Australian Dictionary of Biography, vol. 4, Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 1972, pp. 135-137. Also available at http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A040137b.htm. Details
• Gascoigne, S. C. B., 'Australian Astronomy Since the Second World War', in R. W. Home (ed.), Australian Science in the Making, Cambridge University Press, Sydney, 1988, pp. 345-373. Details
• Gascoigne, S. C. B., 'Rimmer, William Bolton (1882-1945), Astronomer and Public Servant', in John Ritchie and Diane Langmore (eds), Australian Dictionary of Biography, vol. 16, Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 2002, pp. 94-95. Also available at http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A160111b.htm. Details

Journal Articles

• Gascoigne, S. C. B., 'Arthur Robert Hogg', Records of the Australian Academy of Science, vol. 1, no. 3, 1968, pp. 58-70. Also available at http://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/HR9680130058.htm. Details
• Gascoigne, S. C. B., 'Bart J. Bok', Australian Physicist, vol. 20, October, 1983, p. 229. Details
• Gascoigne, S. C. B., 'History of Australian Astronomy: Astro-physics at Mount Stromlo, the Woolley Era', Proceedings of the Astronomical Society of Australia, vol. 5, 1984, pp. 597-605. Details
• Gascoigne, S. C. B., 'Astrophysics at Mount Stromlo: the Woolley Era', Proceedings of the Astronomical Society of Australia, vol. 5, 1984, pp. 597-605. Details
• Gascoigne, S. C. B., '200 years of Astronomy in Australia', Australian Science Teachers Journal, vol. 34, no. 2, 1988, pp. 53-55. Details
• Gascoigne, S. C. B., 'Robert LJ. Ellery, His Life and Times', Proceedings of the Astronomical Society of Australia, vol. 10, 1992, pp. 170-176. Details
• Gascoigne, S. C. B., 'Bok, Woolley and Australian Astronomy', Historical Records of Australian Science, vol. 9, no. 2, 1992, pp. 119-126. Also available at http://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/HR9920920119.htm. Details
• Gascoigne, S. C. B., 'The Great Melbourne Telescope and Other 19^th Century Reflectors', Historical Records of Australian Science, vol. 10, no. 3, 1995, pp. 223-245. Also available at http://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/HR9951030223.htm. Details
• Gascoigne, S. C. B., 'The Great Melbourne Telescope and Other 19^th Century Reflectors', Quarterly Journal of the Royal Astronomical Society, vol. 37, 1996, pp. 101-128. Details

Newspaper Articles

• 'Leading astronomer survived a great leap closer to Earth', Sydney Morning Herald, 6 May 2010. Also available at http://www.smh.com.au/national/obituaries/leading-astronomer-survived-a-great-leap-closer-to-earth-20100505-uale.html. Details

Online Resources

• 'Gascoigne, Sidney Charles Bartholemew ("Ben")', in The Giant's Eye: the Optical Munitions Exhibition, A Bright Sparcs Exhibition, Australian Science Archives Project, 1997, http://www.asap.unimelb.edu.au/bsparcs/exhib/omp/people/gascoigne.htm. Details
• Crompton, Bob, Interview with Professor Ben Gascoigne, Interviews with Australian scientists, Australian Academy of Science, 13 July 2000, http://www.science.org.au/scientists/interviews/g/bg.html. Details
• National Library of Australia, 'Gascoigne, S C B', Trove, National Library of Australia and the Australian National Maritime Museum Darling Harbour, 2009, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-570419. Details

See also

• Bolton, H. C., 'Optical Instruments in Australia in the 1939-45 War: successes and lost opportunities', Australian Physicist, 1990, http://www.asap.unimelb.edu.au/bsparcs/exhib/papers/bolton2.htm. Details
• Brown, R. Hanbury; Minnett, Harry C; White, Fredrick W. G., 'Edward George Bowen 1911-1991', Historical Records of Australian Science, vol. 9, no. 2, 1992, pp. 151-166. Also available at http://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/HR9920920151.htm. Details
• Davies, Susan, 'R. v.d. R. Wooley in Australia', Historical Records of Australian Science, vol. 6, no. 1, 1984, pp. 59-69. Also available at http://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/HR9840610059.htm. Details
• Sherratt, Tim; Condé, Anne-Marie, A Wartime Observatory Observed - the Mount Stromlo Community, 1940-1945, Australian Science Archives Project, Canberra, 1994, http://www.asap.unimelb.edu.au/pubs/articles/tps/tps_stromlo_draft.htm. Details