Biographical entry Nicol, Phyllis Mary (1903 - 1964)

Summary

Phyllis Mary Nicol was a demonstrator in physics, University of Sydney 1927-33, a tutor in physics at the Women's College 1934-45 and finally a lecturer in physics 1946-64.

With E. Booth, she produced the book "Physics: Fundamental Laws and Principles".

She resigned due to ill health four days before her death, due to cancer.

Details

Events

1921 - 1925

Education - Bachelor of Science, University of Sydney

c. 1926

Award - Awarded 1851 Exhibition Science Research Scholarship

1926

Education - Masters of Science, University of Sydney

1927 - 1933

Career position - Full-time Demonstrator in the Physics Department, University of Sydney

1933 - 1946

Career position - Part-time Demonstrator in the Physics Department, University of Sydney

1935

Career event - Member of the Royal Society of New South Wales

1946 - 1948

Career position - Part-time Lecturer in the Physics Department, University of Sydney

1948 - 1953

Career position - Full-time Lecturer with 'temporary' status in the Physics Department, University of Sydney

1953 - 1964

Career position - Tutor Demonstrator with the status of Lecturer, Physics Department, University of Sydney

Archival resources

University of Sydney, Archives

• Phyllis Mary Nicol - Records, 1927 - 1964; University of Sydney, Archives. Details

Published resources

Encyclopedia of Australian Science Exhibitions

• McCarthy, Gavan; Morgan, Helen; Smith, Ailie; van den Bosch, Alan, Where are the Women in Australian Science?, Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre, 2003, http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/wisa/wisa.html. Details

Book Sections

• Annable, Rosemary, 'Nicol, Phyllis Mary (1903-1964), Lecturer and Demonstrator in Physics', in John Ritchie (ed.), Australian Dictionary of Biography, vol. 15, Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 2000, p. 478. Also available at http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A150554b.htm. Details

Online Resources

• 'Nicol, Phyllis Mary', 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/P001233p.htm. Details
• 'Nicol, Phyllis M', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-638641. Details