Biographical entry McAulay, Alexander Leicester (1895 - 1969)

Summary

Alexander Leicester McAulay, the son of Professor Alexander McAulay, was Professor of Physics at the University of Tasmania from 1927-59 . His research included cosmic radiation, particle physics and metal surface electrochemistry. He established an optical laboratory during World War II and was the leader of the Optical Munitions team at the University of Tasmania.

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Events

1916

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

1921

Education - Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) completed at the University of Manchester, UK

1921

Education - Bachelor of Arts (BA) completed at the University of Cambridge, UK

1922 - 1927

Career position - Lecturer in Physics at the University of Tasmania

1927 - 1959

Career position - Professor of Physics at the University of Tasmania

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Archival resources

Private hands (McAulay, I.)

• Alexander Leicester McAulay - Records, 1895 - 1969; Private hands (McAulay, I.). Details

University of Tasmania Library, Special/Rare Collection

• Alexander Leicester McAulay - Records, 1919 - 1925, UT.52 and 68; University of Tasmania Library, Special/Rare Collection. Details

Published resources

Book Sections

• Scott, Bruce, 'McAulay, Alexander (1863-1931), Mathematician and Physicist', in Bede Nairn and Geoffrey Serle (eds), Australian Dictionary of Biography, vol. 10, Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 1986, pp. 202-204. Also available at http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A100196b.htm. Details

Journal Articles

• 'Obituary: Leicester McAulay', Australian Journal of Science, vol. 32, no. 1, 1969, p. 15. Details
• McAulay, Alex, 'Practical Astronomy in Tasmania, and a Proposal for a School Thereof', Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania, 1902, pp. 85-94. Details

Online Resources

• 'McAulay, Alexander Leicester', 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/P001307p.htm. Details
• 'McAulay, Alexander Leicester', 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/mcaulay.htm. Details
• National Library of Australia, 'McAulay, Alexander Leicester', Trove, National Library of Australia and the Australian National Maritime Museum Darling Harbour, 2009, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1468090. 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=P001307. 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
• 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