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Biographical entry Opat, Geoffrey Ivan (1935 - 2002)
AO, FAA
- Born
- 16 November 1935
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia - Died
- 7 March 2002
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia - Occupation
- Physicist
Summary
Geoffrey Ivan Opat was Professor of Experimental Physics at the University of Melbourne 1973-2002 and published widely in the fields of nuclear physics and particle physics.
Details
Born Melbourne, 16 November 1935. Died Melbourne, 7 March 2002. Educated University of Melbourne (BSc 1957, MSc 1959, PhD 1961). General Motors Research Fellow, University of Melbourne 1959-61; Fullbright Research Associate, University of Pennsylvania 1961-64; Senior Lecturer in Physics, University of Melbourne 1964-73; Professor of Experimental Physics 1973-2002. Boas Medal for Physics Research 1990; Fellow, Australian Academy of Science 1994; R&D Award 1996.
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Archival resources
Private hands (Opat, G.I.)
- Geoffrey Ivan Opat - Records, 1957 - 1988; Private hands (Opat, G.I.). Details
Published resources
Journal Articles
- Klein, A. G., 'Geoffrey Ivan Opat, 1935-2002', Historical Records of Australian Science, vol. 16, no. 1, 2005, pp. 65-89. Also available at http://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/HR05007.htm. Details
Newspaper Articles
- Klein, Tony, 'Obituary: Geoffrey Ivan Opat AO, FAA', The Age, 4 April 2002. Details
Online Resources
- National Library of Australia, 'Opat, Geoffrey I', Trove, National Library of Australia and the Australian National Maritime Museum Darling Harbour, 2009, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-625344. Details
McCarthy, G.J. & Rosanne Walker
Created: 20 October 1993, Last modified: 16 November 2005
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