Person

Minnett, Harry Clive (1917 - 2003)

OBE FAA FTSE

Born
12 June 1917
Hurstville, New South Wales, Australia
Died
20 December 2003
Occupation
Radiophysicist

Summary

Harry Clive Minnett joined the Radiophysics Laboratory of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) as assistant research officer in April 1940. He worked on a variety of projects with the CSIR and later CSIRO for the next forty years, retiring as chief of the Division of Radiophysics in June 1981.

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Chronology

1972
Award - The Order of the British Empire - Officer (Civil) (OBE) - Senior Principal Research Officer at the CSIRO
1972 - 1978
Career position - Assistant Chief of the Division of Radiophysics at CSIRO (Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation)
1976 - 2003
Award - Fellow, Australian Academy of Science (FAA)
1978 - 1981
Career position - Chief of CSIRO Division of Radiophysics
1979 - 1987
Award - Fellow, Australian Academy of Technological Sciences (FTS)
June 1981
Life event - Retired from CSIRO
1982 - 1984
Career position - Consultant to Interscan Australia Pty. Ltd.
1985 - 1986
Career position - Deputy Chief Executive of Interscan International Limited
July 1986
Life event - Retired from Interscan International Limited
1987
Award - Fellow, Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering (FTSE) [Awarded by AATS 1979]

Archival resources

National Library of Australia Oral History Collection

  • Interview with Dr Harry Minnett, radiophysicist (sound recording). Interviewer: Ragbir Bhathal, 29 March 1995, TRC 3262; National Library of Australia Oral History Collection. Details

Published resources

Books

  • Bhathal, Ragbir, Australian Astronomers: Achievements at the Frontiers of Astronomy (Canberra: National Library of Australia, 1996), 243 pp. Details

Journal Articles

  • Brown, R. Hanbury; Minnett, Harry C; White, Fredrick W. G., 'Edward George Bowen 1911-1991', Historical Records of Australian Science, 9 (2) (1992), 151-166. https://doi.org/10.1071/HR9920920151. Details
  • Brown, Robert Hanbury; Minnett, H. C.; and White, Frederick William George, 'Edward George Bowen, 14 January 1911 - 12 August 1991', Biographical Memoirs of the Royal Society, 38 (1992), 41-65. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsbm.1992.0003. Details
  • Melrose, D. B.; and Minnett, H. C., 'Jack Hobart Piddington 1910-1997', Historical Records of Australian Science, 12 (2) (1998), 229-246. https://doi.org/10.1071/HR9981220229. Details
  • Minnett, H. C.; and Robertson, Rutherford Ness, 'Sir Frederick William George White, C.B.E., 26 May 1905 - 17 Aug 1994', Biographical memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society, 42 (1996), 497-521. Details
  • Minnett, H. C.; and Robertson, Rutherford Sir, 'Frederick William George White 1905-1994', Historical Records of Australian Science, 11 (2) (1996), 239-258. https://doi.org/10.1071/HR9961120239. Details
  • Orchiston, Wayne; and Wendt, Harry, 'The contribution of the Georges Heights experimental radar antenna to Australian radio astronomy', Journal of Astronomical History and Heritage, 20 (3) (2017), 313-40. Details
  • Thomas, Bruce Maca.; and Robinson, Brian J., 'Harry Clive Minnett, 1917-2003', Historical Records of Australian Science, 16 (2) (2005), 199-220. https://doi.org/10.1071/HR05011. Details

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Rosanne Walker

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