Biographical entry Barker, John Adair (1925 - 1995)

Summary

John Adair Barker worked at IBM Research Laboratory (later the Almaden Research Center), San Jose, California 1969-94. He has made major contributions to our knowledge of solutions and dense vapours by his work on the statistical mechanics of molecular interactions, especially of polar molecules.

Details

Born Corrigin, Western Australia, 24 March 1925. Died California, 27 October 1995. Educated University of Melbourne (BSc (hons) 1945, DSc 1958)). Demonstrator in physics, University of Melbourne 1946-47, Division of Aeronautics, Council of Scientific and Industrial Research 1948, mathematics teacher, aton Technical college, England 1949, CSIRO Division of Industrial chemistry 1950-67, professor of applied mathematics and physics, University of Waterloo, Ontario 1967-69, IBM Research Laboratory (later the Almaden Research Center), San Jose, California 1969-94. Fellow, Australian Academy of Science 1967, Fellow, Royal Society of London 1981.

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Published resources

Journal Articles

• Rowlinson, J. S., 'John Adair Barker 1925-1995', Historical Records of Australian Science, vol. 11, no. 2, 1996, pp. 179-190. Also available at http://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/HR9961120179.htm. Details

Online Resources

• 'Barker, John Adair', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1476019. Details
• Ward, C., 'John Adair Barker [1925-1995]', in CSIROpedia, 2011, http://csiropedia.csiro.au/display/CSIROpedia/Barker%2C+John+Adair. Details

See also

• Ewers, W. E. and Weiss, D. E., 'Keith Leonard Sutherland 1916-1980', Historical Records of Australian Science, vol. 5, no. 2, 1981, pp. 78-88. Also available at http://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/HR9810520078.htm. Details