Person
McCarthy, Ian Ellery (1930 - 2005)
FAA FAIP FAPS
- Born
- 19 June 1930
Adelaide, South Australia, Australia - Died
- 23 April 2005
Adelaide, South Australia, Australia - Occupation
- Mathematical physicist
Summary
Ian Ellery McCarthy was Professor of Physics at Flinders University in South Australia for nearly thirty years (1968-1996). Prior to this he held Professorships at two universities in the United States of America. Throughout his career McCarthy worked in several distinct areas of theoretical physics. He was elected to the Australian Academy of Science in 1982 and was also a Fellow of the American Physical Society (FAPS) and the Australian Institute of Physics (FAIP). Ian McCarthy presented invited papers at a number of international conferences and was (co)-author of numerous peer-reviewed publications.
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Chronology
- 1952
- Education - Bachelor of Science (BSc) completed at the University of Adelaide
- 1956
- Education - Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) completed at the University of Adelaide
- 1956 - 1960
- Career position - Postdoctoral research at the universities of Cambridge (UK), Minnesota (USA) and California (USA)
- 1960 - 1963
- Career position - Lecturer then Senior Lecture in Mathematical Physics at the University of Adelaide
- 1963 - 1964
- Career position - Associate Professor of Physics at the University of California in Davis, USA
- 1965 - 1967
- Career position - Professor of Physics at the University of Oregon, USA
- 1968 - 1996
- Career position - Professor of Physics at Flinders University in South Australia
- 1982 -
- Award - Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science (FAA)
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Published resources
Journal Articles
- 'Obituary: Ian McCarthy', Australian Academy of Science Newsletter, 62 (2005), 11. http://www.science.org.au/newsletters/aas62.pdf. Details
- Thomas, Anthony W.; Afnan, Iraj R.; and Tandy, Peter C., 'Ian Ellery McCarthy 1930-2005', Historical Records of Australian Science, 19 (2) (2008), 161-89, https://doi.org/10.1071/HR08010. Details
Resources
- Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q59627137. Details
- VIAF - Virtual International Authority File, OCLC, https://viaf.org/viaf/114335606. Details
- 'McCarthy, I E (1930-2005)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-504186. Details
Annette Alafaci
Created: 15 February 2006, Last modified: 15 June 2022