Biographical entry Paterson, Mervyn Silas (1925 - )

Summary

Mervyn Silas Paterson was Reader in Crystal Physics, Research School of Earth Sciences, Australian National University from 1956-87 and Professor from 1987-90.

As Manager of Paterson Instruments he invented and developed a high-pressure, high-temperature gas-medium deformation apparatus, which has been sold to companies throughout the world.

Details

Born Booleroo Centre, South Australia, 7 March 1925. Educated Universities of Adelaide (BE 1945) and Cambridge (PhD 1949, ScD 1968). Assistant Research Officer to Senior Scientific Officer, Aeronautical Research Laboratories, Melbourne 1947-53; Senior Research Fellow, Department of Geophysics and Geochemistry, Australian National University 1953-56, Reader 1956-87, Professor, Research School of Earth Sciences 1987-90, Visiting Fellow (Emeritus Professor) from 1991; Sometime Manager, Paterson Instruments P/L. Fellow, Australian Academy of Science 1972; Honorary Fellow, Geological Society of America 1986.

Archival resources

Adolph Basser Library, Australian Academy of Science

• Mervyn Silas Paterson - Records, 1942 - 1948, MS 135; Adolph Basser Library, Australian Academy of Science. Details

Published resources

Book Sections

• Paterson, M.S., 'Jaegar, John Conrad (1907-1979), Mathematical Physicist', in John Ritchie (ed.), Australian Dictionary of Biography, vol. 14, Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 1996, pp. 551-552. Also available at http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A140625b.htm. Details

Journal Articles

• Paterson, M. S., 'John Conrad Jaeger 1907-1979', Historical Records of Australian Science, vol. 5, no. 3, 1982, pp. 64-88. Also available at http://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/HR9820530064.htm. Details

Online Resources

• 'Paterson, Mervyn Silas - Ms 135', in Listing of Adolph Basser Library holdings, Australian Academy of Science, 1994, http://www.science.org.au/basser/manuscript-collection/ms135.html. Details
• National Library of Australia, 'Paterson, M S', Trove, National Library of Australia and the Australian National Maritime Museum Darling Harbour, 2009, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1226339. Details