Person

Dalton, George Clifford James (1916 - 1961)

Born
20 May 1916
Te Awamuti, New Zealand
Died
17 July 1961
Caringbah, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation
Nuclear physicist

Summary

George Dalton worked for the Australian Atomic Energy Commission as Chief Engineer from 1955 to 1961. Before that he was Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Auckland University where he had many years earlier completed a (BE, BSc) followed by a DPhil at the University of Oxford.

Details

Chronology

1941 - 1945
Career position - Squadron Leader with the Technical Branch of the Royal Air Force
1947 - 1949
Career position - Engineer at the Atomic Energy Research Establishment PSO, Harwell
1949 - 1955
Career position - Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Auckland University
1955 - 1961
Career position - Chief Engineer at the Australian Atomic Energy Commission

Published resources

Book Sections

Journal Articles

  • Watson-Munro, C. N., 'Obituary: Dr. G. C. J. Dalton', Australian Journal of Science, 24 (11) (1961), 232-233. Details

Resources

See also

  • Dalton, C. R., Without hardware (Canberra: Nicholson Printing and Publishing, 1970), 226 pp. Details

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