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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 1993-10-20 human McCarthy, G.J. updated 2025-04-23 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P000236b.htm person Blamey Jack W. AACR2 1914 13 August 1986 Physicist Engineer Jack Blamey was a member of the Research School of Physical Sciences at the Australian National University from1950 to 1986. He played a major role in designing, building and running the school's Homopolar Generator. After graduating with a Master of Science (MSc) from the University of Melbourne, Blamey worked as a school teacher for a while and during World War II worked on optical aspects of munitions. After the War Blamey worked on cyclotron and proton synchroton accelerators at Birmingham with Mark Oliphant, then in 1950 he joined the Research School of Physical Sciences. He was a Visiting Fellow of the Plasma Research Laboratory from 1979 to 1986. Optical Munitions Panel (1940 - 1945)

Associated with the Panel, c1940 - c1944, through his work as a researcher in optics at the University of Melbourne [under Professor Thomas Laby]

 Research School of Physical Sciences and Engineering, Australian National University (1946 - ) 1950 1986

Jack Blamey was a member of the Research School of Physical Sciences and Engineering at the Australian National University between 1950 and 1986.

 Blamey, Jack W. (1914-19860813)

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 'Blamey, Jack W.', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Blamey, Jack W. Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Book: Fire in the Belly: the First Fifty Years of the Pioneer School at the ANU Ophel, Trevor and Jenkin, John Fire in the Belly: the First Fifty Years of the Pioneer School at the ANU Canberra Research School of Physical Science and Engineering, Institute of Advanced Studies, ANU 1996 Journal Article: Generating History: the heritage value of the archives of the Australian National University Homopolar Generator McCarthy, Gavan Generating History: the heritage value of the archives of the Australian National University Homopolar Generator 1987 Transactions of The Institution of Engineers, Australia: Multi-Disciplinary Engineering GE11 2 (November) 101-106 Journal Article: Optical Instruments in Australia in the 1939-45 War: successes and lost opportunities Bolton, H. C. Optical Instruments in Australia in the 1939-45 War: successes and lost opportunities Melbourne Australian Science Archives Project 1990 Bright Sparcs Exhibition Papers Jack W. Blamey - Records National Archives of Australia, National Office Jack W. Blamey - Records 1940 - 1986 Personal records; material including correspondence, notebooks, photographs and plans dealing with the Homopolar Generator and plasma physics 1940s-1986.