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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 1993-10-20 human McCarthy, G.J. updated 2025-11-05 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P000318b.htm person McNeill John James AACR2 17 September 1916 18 June 1980 Place of Birth Ballarat, Victoria, Australia Chemical physicist 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. 1937 1937 Education - Bachelor of Science (BSc), University of Melbourne 1938 1938 Education - Master of Science (MSc), 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, CSIRO (Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation) Division of Chemical Physics 1978 1980 Career position - Guest physicist, Monash University, Victoria CSIRO Division of Chemical Physics, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (1958 - 1987)

Principal Research Officer 1955 - 1978

 Optical Munitions Panel (1940 - 1945)

Associated with the Panel, 1940 - 1945. McNeill was in England during the Second World War, and assisted the panel as a major correspondent with Eric Sayce.

 Munitions Supply Laboratories (MSL), Commonwealth of Australia (1922 - 1948) 1938 1955

John McNeill was a physicist at the Munitions Supply Laboratories (MSL) between 1938 and 1955. From 1945 to 1955 he was the Head.

 Department of Physics, Monash University ( - c. 2001) 1978 1980

John McNeill was a Guest Physicist at Monash University from 1978 to 1980.

 McNeill, John James

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 'McNeill, John James', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology McNeill, John James Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Book Section: McNeill, John James (1868-1943), union official and politician Robertson, J. R. McNeill, John James (1868-1943), union official and politician Melbourne Melbourne University Press 1986 Australian dictionary of biography, volume 10: 1891 - 1939 Lat-Ner Bede Nairn and Geoffrey Serle 352-353 Resource Section: McNeill, John James McNeill, John James Australian Science Archives Project 1997 The Giant's Eye: the Optical Munitions Exhibition A Bright Sparcs Exhibition Resource Section: McNeill, John James McNeill, John James Australian Science Archives Project 1995 Physics in Australia to 1945 R.W. Home, with the assistance of Paula J. Needham Journal Article: J.J. McNeill [1916-1980] and the Development of Optical Research in Australia Bolton, H. C. J.J. McNeill [1916-1980] and the Development of Optical Research in Australia 1983 Historical Records of Australian Science 5 4 55-72 Journal Article: H. J. Grayson: a pioneer ruler of diffraction gratings Bolton, H. C. and McNeill, J. J. H. J. Grayson: a pioneer ruler of diffraction gratings 1981 Victorian historical journal 52 1 63-6 Journal Article: Diffraction Grating Ruling in Australia McNeill, J. J. Diffraction Grating Ruling in Australia 1972 Records of the Australian Academy of Science 2 3 18-38 Journal Article: Diffraction Grating Ruling in Australia, Part II McNeill, J. J. Diffraction Grating Ruling in Australia, Part II 1975 Records of the Australian Academy of Science 3 1 30-51 Resource: Technology in Australia 1788-1988 Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering Technology in Australia 1788-1988 Online Melbourne Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre 2000 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 John James McNeill - Records The University of Melbourne Archives John James McNeill - Records 1938 - 1978 Professional correspondence 1938-78; lectures on optics and diffraction gratings; lecture notes from Imperial College, London 1940-41; laboratory notes from Imperial College, London on optical experiments 1940; quarterly reports 1956-77 for the CSIRO Division of Chemical Physics; records relating to the Technical Advisory Committee on Optical Munitions 1953-63; publications of McNeill; records relating to H. Grayson including notes on his career, publications and citations, correspondence of McNeill about Grayson, records of W. Stone regarding Grayson and various manuscripts and typescripts by McNeill on Grayson; reprints on microscopy and related topics; 5 small working notebooks; bundle of CSIRO typescripts on chemical physics; 2 small quarto notebooks on pure mathematics 1938; 3 foolscap notebooks on the Echelle Spectroscope [96 cm]. 0.96 m