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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 1993-10-20 human Gavan McCarthy [P004098]; Ken McInnes updated 2026-04-01 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P000614b.htm person Madsen John Percival Vissing Kt FAA AACR2 24 March 1879 4 October 1969 Place of Birth Lochinvar, New South Wales, Australia Place of Death Chatswood, New South Wales, Australia Physicist Electrical engineer Sir John Madsen was Lecturer in Physics, University of Adelaide 1901-1909 and Associate Professor and foundation Professor of Electrical Engineering, University of Sydney 1909-1949. He was Chairman of the Radio Research Board (1926-1957) and a great many other bodies and boards including the National Association of Testing Authorities (NATA). Madsen is featured on the ATERB Medal, which is awarded under the auspices of the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering. ATERB (Australian Telecommunications & Electronics Research Board) was formerly the Radio Research Board, of which Madsen was founding chairman. The John Masden Medal awarded by the Electrical College, Institution of Engineers Australia is named in his honour. 1900 1900 Education - Bachelor of Science (BSc), University of Sydney 1901 1901 Education - Bachelor of Engineering (BE), University of Sydney 1901 1903 Career position - Lecturer in Mathematics and Physics, University of Adelaide 1904 1909 Career position - Lecturer in Electrical Engineering, University of Adelaide 1907 1907 Education - Doctor of Science (DSc), University of Adelaide 1909 1912 Career position - Lecturer in Electrical Engineering, University of Sydney 1912 1949 Career position - Assistant Professor then Professor (from 1920) of Electrical Engineering, University of Sydney 1915 1918 Career position - Commanding Officer, Engineer Officers' Training School in Roseville, New South Wales 1919 1919 Career event - Foundation Associate Member (AMIEAust), Institution of Engineers Australia 1921 1921 Career event - Member (MIEAust), Institution of Engineers Australia 1926 c. 1954 Career event - Elected Member (Physics), Australian National Research Council 1926 1957 Career position - Chairman, Radio Research Board 1937 1937 Career position - President, Section A (Astronomy, Mathematics, and Physics), Australian and New Zealand Association for the Advancement of Science 1937 1937 Career event - Fellow, Australian and New Zealand Association for the Advancement of Science (ANZAAS) 1938 1944 Career position - Chairman, National Standards Laboratory 1939 1942 Career position - Chairman, Radiophysics Advisory Board 1941 1941 Award - Knight Bachelor (Kt) - Chairman of the Radio Research Board 1944 1944 Award - Peter Nicol Russell Memorial Medal - Career Achievement Award in Engineering. Institution of Engineers Australia 1945 1945 Career position - Chairman, Australian National Research Council 1945 1966 Career position - Chairman, Electrical Research Board 1946 1947 Career position - President, Australian Branch, Institute of Physics 1954 1969 Award - Fellow, Australian Academy of Science (FAA) 13 Sep 1968 13 Sep 1968 Career event - Fellow (FIEAust), Institution of Engineers Australia [Former Members were designated Fellows on this date.] Bragg, William Henry (1862 - 1942) Australian Branch, Institute of Physics (1928 - 1962)

President 1945 - 1946

 John Madsen Medal, Institution of Engineers Australia (1976 - )

The Electrical College, Institution of Engineers Australia, inaugurated the Medal in his honour in 1976

 National Standards Laboratory - CSIR/O, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (1939 - 1973)

Chairman, National Standards Laboratory 1938 - 1944

 The University of Adelaide (1874 - 2026)

Lecturer in Mathematics and Physics 1901 - 1903; Lecturer in Electrical Engineering 1904 - 1909.

 The University of Sydney (1850 - )

Lecturer 1909 - 1912; Assistant Professor 1912 - 1920; Professor 1920 - 1949.

 Electrical Research Board (1944 - ?)

Foundation Chairman, 1944 - 1966.

 Australian Academy of Science (1954 - )

Fellow 1954 - 1969

 Radio Research Board (1927 - 1985)

Chairman 1926 - 1957.

 Peter Nicol Russell Memorial Medal, Institution of Engineers, Australia (1922 - )

Awarded the Medal 1944.

 Australian National Research Council (ANRC) (1919 - 1955)

Member (Physics) 1926 - c1954; Chairman 1945

 CSIR Council, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (1926 - 1949)

Member 1943-1949; Member CSIRO Advisory Council 1950-1956

 Advisory Council - CSIRO, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (1950 - 1986)

Member CSIR Council 1943-1949; Member 1950-1956

 Australian and New Zealand Association for the Advancement of Science (ANZAAS) (1930 - )

President, Section A (Astronomy, Mathematics, and Physics) 1937; Fellow 1937 -

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 'Madsen, John Percival Vissing', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Madsen, John Percival Vissing Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Journal Article: Twenty-fifth Annual Report [1944] Institution of Engineers Australia Twenty-fifth Annual Report [1944] 1945 Journal of the Institution of Engineers, Australia MacLean, E. S. 17 1-2 10-28 Journal Article: W.H. Bragg and J.P.V. Madsen: Collaboration and Correspondence, 1905-1911 Home, R. W. W.H. Bragg and J.P.V. Madsen: Collaboration and Correspondence, 1905-1911 1981 Historical Records of Australian Science 5 2 1-29 Book: CSIRO research for Australia: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization CSIRO CSIRO research for Australia: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization Canberra Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Organisation 1962 Book: Surprise and Enterprise: Fifty Years of Science for Australia: CSIRO (Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, Australia) McKay, Andrew Surprise and Enterprise: Fifty Years of Science for Australia: CSIRO (Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, Australia) Melbourne CSIRO 1976 Resource Section: Madsen, John Percival Vissing - Ms 72 Madsen, John Percival Vissing - Ms 72 Australian Academy of Science 1994 Listing of Adolph Basser Library holdings Journal Article: John Percival Vissing Madsen White, F. W. G. John Percival Vissing Madsen 1971 Records of the Australian Academy of Science 2 1 51-65 Resource Section: Madsen, John Percival Vissing Madsen, John Percival Vissing Australian Science Archives Project 1995 Physics in Australia to 1945 R.W. Home, with the assistance of Paula J. Needham Edited Book: Anything is possible: 100 Australian engineering leaders Engineers Australia Anything is possible: 100 Australian engineering leaders Barton, A.C.T. Institution of Engineers, Australia 2019 Book Section: Madsen, Sir John Percival Vaissing (Vissing) (1879-1969) , physicist and engineer Myers, D. M. Madsen, Sir John Percival Vaissing (Vissing) (1879-1969) , physicist and engineer Melbourne Melbourne University Press 1986 Australian dictionary of biography, volume 10: 1891 - 1939 Lat-Ner Bede Nairn and Geoffrey Serle 376-377 Journal Article: The scattering of β rays of radium Madsen, J. P. V. The scattering of β rays of radium 1909 Philosophical magazine 18 909-15 Journal Article: Presidential address: Radio research [Section A - Astronomy, Mathematics, and Physics] Madsen, J. P. V. Presidential address: Radio research [Section A - Astronomy, Mathematics, and Physics] ANZAAS 1937 Report of the twenty-third meeting of the Australian and New Zealand Association for the Advancement of Science, Auckland meeting, January, 1937 F. J. A. Brogan 14-18 Journal Article: Peter Nicol Russell Memorial Medal: 1944 Award [John Madsen DSc] Peter Nicol Russell Memorial Medal: 1944 Award [John Madsen DSc] 1944 Journal of the Institution of Engineers, Australia 16 12 255 Journal Article: John Madsen and Rutherford's model of the nuclear atom Madsen, Roger W. and Robertson, Peter John Madsen and Rutherford's model of the nuclear atom 2923 Australian physics 60 3 9-13 Journal Article: 25th Annual General Meeting - Minutes [Melbourne, 19th March 1945, at Kelvin Hall] 25th Annual General Meeting - Minutes [Melbourne, 19th March 1945, at Kelvin Hall] 1945 Journal of the Institution of Engineers, Australia 17 4-5 98 Journal Article: Leonard George Holden Huxley 1902-1988 Crompton, R. W. Leonard George Holden Huxley 1902-1988 1991 Historical Records of Australian Science 8 4 249-264 Journal Article: James Arthur Prescott 1890-1987 Stephens, C.G.; and Quirk, J.P. James Arthur Prescott 1890-1987 1988 Historical Records of Australian Science 7 3 299-313 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 Journal Article: A Short History of the Australian Institute of Physics, Part 2: from the Formation of the Australian Branch of the Institute of Physics to the Establishment of the Australian Institute of Physics Binnie, Anna A Short History of the Australian Institute of Physics, Part 2: from the Formation of the Australian Branch of the Institute of Physics to the Establishment of the Australian Institute of Physics November/December Australian Institute of Physics 2007 Australian Physics 44 4 128-137 Journal Article: Oliphant, the Father of Atomic Energy Binnie, Anna Oliphant, the Father of Atomic Energy Royal Society of New South Wales 2006 Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales 139 11-22 Journal Article: Notes on the development of the power resources of Tasmania (Discussions and communications) Butters, J. H. (Dare, H. H.; Julius, G. A.; Myers, W. H.; Corner, W. S.; McKay, R. T.; Poole, William; Vine-Hall, R.; Stephens, C. T.; Tournay-Hinde, A. W.; Smith, A. C.; Carter, H. G.; Madsen, J. P. V.; Stobie, J. C.; Flockart, A. P.; Child, H. A.) Notes on the development of the power resources of Tasmania (Discussions and communications) Sydney, NSW Institution of Engineers Australia 1927 Transactions of the Institution of Engineers, Australia 7 616-632 Book Section: Chapter 15: Engineering education in Sydney Ludlow, Christa; Bowie, Ian; Neville, Pamela Chapter 15: Engineering education in Sydney Crows Nest, New South Wales Engineers Australia 1989 Sydney: from settlement to city: an engineering history of Sydney Don Fraser 285-298 John Percival Vissing Madsen - Records Adolph Basser Library, Australian Academy of Science John Percival Vissing Madsen - Records MS 072 1906 - 1969 A small collection of manuscript letters from W.H. Bragg and Ernest Rutherford to Madsen along with biographical material and the published papers of Madsen and co-workers 1906-69 [16 cm, MS 72]. 0.16 m, 2 boxes John Percival Vissing Madsen John Percival Vissing Madsen All rights reserved.

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