Person

Jeffery, Cecil Nixon (1912 - )

Born: 5 November 1912
St Ives, Cornwall, England
Occupation: Patent examiner and Engineer

Summary

Cecil Jeffery spent over thirty years as an examiner with the Australian Patent Office. He also worked as an engineer and wrote at least two scientific publications.

Details

Chronology

1934: Education - Bachelor of Science (BSc) completed at the University of Sydney
1935: Education - Diploma of Education (DipEd) completed at the University of Sydney
1936 - 1945: Career position - Engineer at AWA Ltd. (Amalgamated Wireless Australasia)
1945 - 1961: Career position - Examiner of Patents at the Australian Patent Office
1961 - 1976: Career position - Supervising Examiner at the Australian Patent Office

Published resources

Resources

'Jeffery, Cecil Nixon (1912-)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1473509. Details

Resource Sections

'Jeffery, Cecil Nixon', 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/P001707p.htm. Details

McCarthy, G.J.

Created: 20 October 1993, Last modified: 1 March 2018

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