Biographical entry Burgmann, Victor Dudley (1916 - 1991)

Summary

Victor Dudley Burgmann was Officer in Charge, CSIRO Wool Textile Research Laboratories, Sydney 1949-58 and Chief, Division of Textile Physics, Wool Research Laboratories 1958-69.

Details

Born 5 December 1916. CBE 1977. Educated University of Sydney (BSc, BE). Research Officer, CSIR Division of Radiophysics 1939-40; Scientific Liaison Officer, London 1940-42, Washington 1942-43; Research Officer, CSIR Division of Radiophysics 1943-45, Principal Research Officer 1945-49; Officer in Charge, CSIRO Wool Textile Research Laboratories, Sydney 1949-58, Chief, Division of Textile Physics, Wool Research Laboratories 1958-69; Associate Member of CSIRO Executive 1969-70, Member 1970-77, Chairman 1977-78. Bronze Medal, The Institute of Navigation 1950; Fellow, Institution of Engineers (Australia).

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Published resources

Journal Articles

• Briggs, G. H.; Burgmann, V. D., 'Obituary: John Edward Thompson', Australian Journal of Science, vol. 18, no. 1, 1955, p. 22. Details

Online Resources

• 'Burgmann, Victor Dudley (1916-1991)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1475932. Details
• Ward, C., 'Victor Dudley Burgmann [1916-1991]', in CSIROpedia, 2011, http://csiropedia.csiro.au/display/CSIROpedia/Burgmann%2C+Victor+Dudley. Details

See also

• Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering, Technology in Australia 1788-1988, Online edn, Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre, Melbourne, 3 May 2000, http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/tia/index_b.html. Details
• Brown, R. Hanbury; Minnett, Harry C; White, Fredrick W. G., 'Edward George Bowen 1911-1991', Historical Records of Australian Science, vol. 9, no. 2, 1992, pp. 151-166. Also available at http://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/HR9920920151.htm. Details
• Heyde, C. C., 'Patrick Alfred Pierce Moran 1917-1988', Historical Records of Australian Science, vol. 9, no. 1, 1992, pp. 17-30. Also available at http://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/HR9920910017.htm. Details