Biographical entry Nimmo, Robert Rutherford (1902 - 1982)

Summary

Robert Rutherford Nimmo worked as a physicist and lecturer in Australia, New Zealand and the United States of America. During his career he (co-) authored at least five scientific articles.

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Events

1925

Education - Master of Science (MSc) completed at Otago University College, New Zealand

1926 - 1929

Career position - 1851 Exhibition Scholar

1929

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

1929 - 1939

Career position - Lecturer in Physics at the University of Western Australia

1939 - 1943

Career position - Research Fellow at the University of Birmingham, UK

1943 - 1945

Career position - Worked at Manhattan Project in the United States of America

1943 - 1948

Career position - Lecturer in Physics at the University of Birmingham

1948 - 1968

Career position - Professor of Physics at the University of Otago in New Zealand

Published resources

Online Resources

• 'Nimmo, Robert Rutherford', 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/P001771p.htm. Details
• National Library of Australia, 'Nimmo, Robert Rutherford', Trove, National Library of Australia and the Australian National Maritime Museum Darling Harbour, 2009, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1090513. Details