Person
Crompton, Robert Woodhouse (1926 - 2022)
AM FAA
- Born
- 9 June 1926
Adelaide, South Australia, Australia - Died
- 22 June 2022
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia - Occupation
- Physicist
Summary
Bob Crompton was Head of the Atomic and Molecular Physics Laboratories at the Australian National University 1983-1991. His research was in the area of electron swarm physics. He was appointed Member of the Order of Australia in 1999 for service to science.
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Chronology
- 1949
- Education - Bachelor of Science (BSc(hons)), University of Adelaide
- 1950 - 1958
- Career position - Lecturer in physics, University of Adelaide
- 1954
- Education - Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), University of Adelaide
- 1959 - 1960
- Career position - Senior Lecturer in physics, University of Adelaide
- 1961 - 1965
- Career position - Responsible for establishment and running of Electron and Ion Diffusion Unit, Australian National University
- 1961 - 1977
- Career position - Senior Fellow, Research School of Physical Sciences, Australian National University
- 1966 - 1987
- Career position - Head of Electron and Ion Diffusion Unit, Australian National University
- 1973 - 1974
- Career position - Chairman, ACT Branch, Australian Institute of Physics
- 1977 - 1989
- Career position - Professorial Fellow, Australian National University
- 1979
- Award - Fellow, Australian Academy of Science (FAA)
- 1981 - 1991
- Career position - Head, Atomic and Molecular Physics Laboratories, Australian National University
- 1982 - 1983
- Career position - Chairman, ACT Division, ANZAAS
- 1982 - 1987
- Career position - Chairman, Australian Journals of Scientific Research Board
- 1989 - 1991
- Career position - Professor, Australian National University
- 1992 -
- Career position - Emeritus Professor and Visiting Fellow, Research School of Physical Sciences and Engineering, Australian National University
- 1993 - 1995
- Career position - President, Australian Institute of Physics
- 1999
- Award - Member of the Order of Australia (AM) - For service to science, particularly physics education and research, to the Australian Science Olympiads, and to the community through the National Brain Injury Foundation
- 2001
- Award - Centenary Medal - For service to Australian society in atomic and molecular physics
- 2001 - 2022
- Award - Honorary Fellow, Australian Institute of Physics
Related entries
Sibling
Archival resources
Adolph Basser Library, Australian Academy of Science
Published resources
Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Exhibitions
- Smith, Ailie, Adolph Basser Library Manuscript Collection, eScholarship Research Centre, 2012, http://www.eoas.info/basser_browse.html. Details
Books
- Huxley, L. G. H.; and Crompton, R.. W., The diffusion and drift of electrons in gases (New York: Wiley, 1974), 669 pp. Details
Book Sections
- Crompton, Robert W., 'Huxley, Sir Leonard George Holden (1902 - 1988), physicist and vice-chancellor' in Australian dictionary of biography volume 17: 1981 - 1990 A-K, Langmore, Di, ed. (Canberra: National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, 2007). https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/huxley-sir-leonard-george-holden-516/text22851. Details
Conference Papers
- Crompton, R. W., 'The Foundations of the Physics of Atomic Collisions in Australia', in Seventeenth International Conference on the Physics of Electronic and Atomic Collisions (Brisbane: Adam Hilger, 1991), pp. 1-20.. Details
Journal Articles
- Carver, J.H.; Crompton, R.W.; Ellyard, D.G.; Hibbard, L.U.; Inall, E.K., 'Marcus Laurence Elwin Oliphant 1901-2000', Historical Records of Australian Science, 14 (3) (2003), 337-364. https://doi.org/10.1071/HR02012. Details
- Crompton, R. W., 'Leonard George Holden Huxley 1902-1988', Historical Records of Australian Science, 8 (4) (1991), 249-264. https://doi.org/10.1071/HR9910840249.htm. Details
- Crompton, R. W.; Dracoulis, G. D.; Lewis, B. R.; Mccracken, K. G.; and Williams, J. S, 'John Henry Carver 1926-2004', Historical Records of Australian Science, 22 (1) (2011), 53-79, https://doi.org/10.1071/HR10015. Details
Resources
- 'Crompton, Robert W (1926-)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-804937. Details
Resource Sections
- Crompton, Bob, 'Interview with Professor John Carver', in Interviews with Australian scientists, Australian Academy of Science, 1997, http://www.science.org.au/scientists/interviews/c/jc.html. Details
- Crompton, Bob, 'Interview with Professor Chris Christiansen', in Interviews with Australian scientists, Australian Academy of Science, 5 June 1997, http://www.science.org.au/scientists/interviews/c/cc.html. Details
- Crompton, Bob, 'Interview with Professor Ben Gascoigne', in Interviews with Australian scientists, Australian Academy of Science, 13 July 2000, http://www.science.org.au/scientists/interviews/g/bg.html. Details
- Crompton, Bob, 'Interview with Professor David Craig', in Interviews with Australian scientists, Australian Academy of Science, 18 May 1998, http://www.science.org.au/scientists/interviews/c/cd.html. Details
- Crompton, Bob, 'Interview with Sir Geoffrey Badger', in Interviews with Australian scientists, Australian Academy of Science, 30 April 1997, http://www.science.org.au/scientists/interviews/b/gb.html. Details
- Crompton, Bob, 'Interview with Professor Ross Taylor', in Interviews with Australian scientists, Australian Academy of Science, 22 February 2000, http://www.science.org.au/scientists/interviews/t/rt.html. Details
- Crompton, Bob, 'Interview with Professor Bernhard Neumann', in Interviews with Australian scientists, Australian Academy of Science, 18 February 1998, http://www.science.org.au/scientists/interviews/n/bn.html. Details
- Crompton, Bob, 'Interview with Dr Lloyd Evans', in Interviews with Australian scientists, Australian Academy of Science, 2003, http://www.science.org.au/scientists/interviews/e/le.html. Details
- Crompton, Bob, 'Interview with Professor Adrian Horridge', in Interviews with Australian scientists, Australian Academy of Science, 2003, http://www.science.org.au/scientists/interviews/h/ah.html. Details
- Crompton, Bob, 'Interview with Professor Athel Beckwith', in Interviews with Australian scientists, Australian Academy of Science, 2004, http://www.science.org.au/scientists/interviews/b/ab.html. Details
- Crompton, R. W., 'Leonard George Holden Huxley 1902-1988', in Australian Academy of Science Biographical Memoirs, Australian Academy of Science, 2006, https://www.science.org.au/fellowship/fellows/biographical-memoirs/leonard-george-holden-huxley-1902-1988. Details
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Created: 17 December 1997, Last modified: 8 February 2024