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Biographical entry Cairns, John Edwin Ingliston (1901 - )
- Born
- 27 January 1901
Kalgoorlie, Western Australia, Australia - Occupation
- Physicist and Company director
Summary
John Edwin I. Cairns was assistant at the Watheroo Magnetic Observatory 1922-28 and later research physicist at EMI Ltd in the United Kingdom.
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Born Kalgoorlie, Western Australia, 27 January 1901. Educated Universities of Western Australia (BSc 1924, MSc 1927) and Cambridge (PhD 1931). Assistant, Watheroo Magnetic Observatory 1922-28; observer-in-charge, Huacayo Magnetic Observatory, Peru 1931-34; research physicist, EMI Ltd, United Kingdom 1934-; director, Valve Division, EMI Electronics Ltd.
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- 'Cairns, John Edwin Ingliston', 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/P001617p.htm. Details
- National Library of Australia, 'Cairns, John Edwin Ingliston', Trove, National Library of Australia and the Australian National Maritime Museum Darling Harbour, 2009, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1476172. Details
McCarthy, G.J.
Created: 20 October 1993, Last modified: 15 September 2004
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