Biographical entry Richardson, Joseph Falding (1916 - 1989)

Summary

Joseph Falding Richardson worked for the Optical Munitions Panel 1941-43 in the Department of Natural Philosophy, University of Melbourne. He later worked for the Commonwealth X-ray and Radium Laboratory (later Australian Radiation Laboratory) from 1945-77, being Deputy Director from 1957-73.

Details

Events

1940

Education - Bachelor of Science (BSc) completed at the University of Melbourne

1940 - 1943

Career position - Trainee Physicist at the Optical Munitions Panel

1942

Education - Master of Science (MSc) completed at the University of Melbourne

1944 - 1945

Career position - Physicist at the Dental Materials Research Laboratory in Melbourne

1945 - 1956

Career position - Research Physicist at the Commonwealth X-ray and Radium Laboratory (later the Australian Radiation Laboratory)

1957 - 1973

Career position - Assistant Director of the Australian Radiation Laboratory

1973 - 1976

Career position - Head of the Standards & Compliance Section of the Australian Radiation Laboratory

1977

Career position - Acting Director of the Australian Radiation Laboratory

Archival resources

The University of Melbourne Archives

• Joseph Falding Richardson - Records, 1941 - 1981; The University of Melbourne Archives. Details

Published resources

Books

• Richardson, J.F., The Australian Radiation Laboratory: a Concise History, 1929-1979, Australian Government Publishing Service, Canberra, 1981, 87 pp. Details

Online Resources

• 'Richardson, Joseph Falding', 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/P000743p.htm. Details
• National Library of Australia, 'Richardson, Joseph Falding', Trove, National Library of Australia and the Australian National Maritime Museum Darling Harbour, 2009, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1471343. Details

See also

• 'Physics Students', 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/students.htm. Details
• 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