McNeill, John James (1916 - 1980)

Summary

John McNeill was a Principal Research Officer, CSIRO Division of Chemical Physics 1955-1978. Earlier he had been with the Physics Section of the Munitions Supply Laboratory, Maribyrnong 1938-1955.

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Chronology

1937

Education - Bachelor of Science (BSc) completed at the University of Melbourne

1938

Education - Master of Science (MSc) completed at the University of Melbourne

1938 - 1955

Career position - Physicist with the Munitions Supply Laboratory in Maribyrnong, Victoria

1940 - 1941

Education - Educated at Imperial College London (Doctor of Philosophy?)

1945 - 1955

Career position - Head of the physics section at Maribyrnong

1955 - 1978

Career position - Principal Research Officer at the CSIRO (Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation) Division of Chemical Physics

1978 - 1980

Career position - Guest physicist at Monash University, Victoria

Related entries

Archival resources

The University of Melbourne Archives

• John James McNeill - Records, 1938 - 1978; The University of Melbourne Archives. Details

Published resources

Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Exhibitions

• Exhibition Papers, A Bright Sparcs Exhibition, Australian Science Archives Project, 1997, http://www.asap.unimelb.edu.au/bsparcs/exhib/papers/exhib_papers.htm. Details
• The Giant's Eye: the Optical Munitions Exhibition, Australian Science Archives Project, 1997, http://www.asap.unimelb.edu.au/bsparcs/exhib/omp/omp.htm. Details

Book Sections

• Robertson, J. R., 'McNeill, John James (1868-1943)' in Australian Dictionary of Biography, Bede Nairn and Geoffrey Serle, eds, vol. 10 (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1986), pp. 352-353. http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A100344b.htm. Details

Journal Articles

• Bolton, H. C., 'J.J. McNeill [1916-1980] and the Development of Optical Research in Australia', Historical Records of Australian Science, 5 (4) (1983), 55-72. https://doi.org/10.1071/HR9830540055. Details
• Bolton, H. C. and McNeill, J. J., 'H. J. Grayson: a pioneer ruler of diffraction gratings', Victorian historical journal, 52 (1) (1981), 63-6. Details
• McNeill, J. J., 'Diffraction Grating Ruling in Australia', Records of the Australian Academy of Science, 2 (3) (1972), 18-38. http://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/HR9720230018.htm. Details
• McNeill, J. J., 'Diffraction Grating Ruling in Australia, Part II', Records of the Australian Academy of Science, 3 (1) (1975), 30-51. http://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/HR9750310030.htm. Details

Resources

• 'McNeill, John James', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1475705. Details

Resource Sections

• 'McNeill, John James', 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/P000318p.htm. Details
• 'McNeill, John James', in The Giant's Eye: the Optical Munitions Exhibition, A Bright Sparcs Exhibition, Australian Science Archives Project, 1997, http://www.asap.unimelb.edu.au/bsparcs/exhib/omp/people/mcneill.htm. 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_m.html. Details
• Bolton, H. C., 'Optical Instruments in Australia in the 1939-45 War: successes and lost opportunities', Australian Physicist (1990). http://www.asap.unimelb.edu.au/bsparcs/exhib/papers/bolton2.htm. Details
• Mellor, D.P., 'Optical Munitions', Chapter 12 in Australia in the War of 1939-1945, Series 4: Civil, volume 5 'The Role of Science and Industry', Canberra: Australian War Memorial, 1958 (1958). http://www.asap.unimelb.edu.au/bsparcs/exhib/papers/mellor.htm. Details