Biographical entry Makinson, Richard Elliss Bodenham (1913 - 1979)
- Born
- 5 May 1913
Burwood, New South Wales, Australia - Died
- 15 January 1979
Wahroonga, New South Wales, Australia - Occupation
- Physicist
Summary
Richard Elliss B. Makinson was Associate Professor of Physics, Macquarie University 1968-78 was previously Assistant Lecturer, Lecturer and Reader in Physics at the University of Sydney 1939-68.
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Archival resources
University of Sydney, Archives
- Richard Elliss Bodenham Makinson - Records, 1902 - 1983, P 148; University of Sydney, Archives. Details
Published resources
Book Sections
- Aarons, Eric, 'Makinson, Richard Elliss Bodenham (1913-1979), Physicist and Communist', in John Ritchie (ed.), Australian Dictionary of Biography, vol. 15, Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 2000, pp. 290-291. Also available at http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A150343b.htm. Details
Online Resources
- 'Makinson, Richard Elliss Bodenham', 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/P000619p.htm. Details
- National Library of Australia, 'Makinson, Richard Elliss Bodenham', Trove, National Library of Australia and the Australian National Maritime Museum Darling Harbour, 2009, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1467005. Details
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Created: 20 October 1993, Last modified: 4 February 2010
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