Biographical entry Sayce, Eric Loxton (1899 - 1984)

Summary

Eric Loxton Sayce was a physicist at the Defence Supply Laboratories, Maribyrnong from 1924-6-, being Superintendent (Physics) from 1940-52 and 1955-60.

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Events

1923

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

1924 - 1938

Career position - Physicist at the Munitions Supply Laboratories in Maribyrnong, Victoria

1938 - 1940

Career position - Senior Physicist at the Munitions Supply Laboratories

1940 - 1952

Career position - Superintendent (Physics) at the Munitions Supply Laboratories

1955 - 1960

Career position - Superintendent (Physics) at the Munitions Supply Laboratories

Published resources

Online Resources

• 'Sayce, Eric Loxton', 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/P000768p.htm. Details
• 'Sayce, Eric Loxton', 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/sayce.htm. Details
• National Library of Australia, 'Sayce Eric Loxton', Trove, National Library of Australia and the Australian National Maritime Museum Darling Harbour, 2009, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1477204. Details

See also

• Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering, Technology in Australia 1788-1988, Online edn, Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre, Melbourne, 3 May 2000, http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/tia/scripts/tia-dynindex.php3?EID=P000768. 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
• Mellor, D.P., 'Optical Munitions', Chapter 12 in Australia in the War of 1939-1945, Series 4: Civil, volume 5 'The Role of Science and Industry', Canberra: Australian War Memorial, 1958, 1958, http://www.asap.unimelb.edu.au/bsparcs/exhib/papers/mellor.htm. Details
• Wisdom, John, A History of Defence Science in Australia, Defence Science and Technology Organisation, Melbourne, 1995, 267 pp. Details