Person
Oddie, Thomas Harold (1911 - 1990)
- Born
- 19 July 1911
Ballarat, Victoria, Australia - Died
- 4 November 1990
- Occupation
- Physicist and Radiologist
Summary
Thomas Oddie was a radiology specialist who worked in both Australia and in the United States of America. Throughout his career, Oddie authored at least thirteen scientific publications.
Details
Chronology
- 1932
- Education - Bachelor of Science (BSc) completed at the University of Melbourne
- 1933
- Education - Master of Science (MSc) completed at the University of Melbourne
- 1933 - 1940
- Career position - Physicist at the Commonwealth X-Ray and Radium Laboratory
- 1940 - 1947
- Career position - Engineer at Phillips Electrical Industries
- 1944
- Education - Doctor of Science (DSc) received from the University of Melbourne
- 1947 - 1952
- Career position - Officer-in-charge of CSIR (Council for Scientific and Industrial Research)/CSIRO (Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation) Tracer Elements Investigation group
- 1953 - 1955
- Career position - Assistant Professor in Radiology at the University of Arkansas, USA
- 1955 - 1956
- Career position - Associate Professor of Physics at Bowman Gray School of Medicine in North Carolina, USA
- 1957 - 1960
- Career position - Research Physicist at the Royal North Shore Hospital in Sydney
- 1960 - 1964
- Career position - Research Physicist at the University of Arkansas Medical Center
- 1964 - 1974
- Career position - Professor of Radiology at the University of Arkansas Medical Center
- 1974 -
- Career position - Research Fellow at the University of California, Harbor General Hospital in Torrance, USA
Related entries
Published resources
Book Sections
- Home, R. W., 'Oddie, Thomas Harold (Hal) (1911-1990), Medical Physicist and Bridge Player' in Australian Dictionary of Biography, vol. 18 (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 2012), pp. 235-6. http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/oddie-thomas-harold-hal-15392. Details
Journal Articles
- Nelmes, Michael, 'Mr. Oddie's Legacy', Southern Sky, 2 (1993), 22-27. Details
Resources
- Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q21538751. Details
- 'Oddie, Thomas Harold (19110719-19901104)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1475574. Details
Resource Sections
- 'Oddie, Thomas Harold', 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/P001774p.htm. Details
McCarthy, G.J.
Created: 20 October 1993, Last modified: 1 March 2018
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