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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 1993-10-20 human McCarthy, G.J. updated 2026-03-04 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P001605b.htm person Boswell Robert William McGregor AACR2 30 September 1911 17 February 1976 Place of Birth North Carlton, Victoria, Australia Place of Death Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Physicist Robert Boswell was Director, Weapons Research Establishment, 1958-1965 and Secretary, Department of National Development, 1965-1969. He was a member and later Chairman of the Australian Atomic Energy Commission.

Born Melbourne, 30 September 1911. Died Sydney, 17 February 1976. OBE. Educated University of Melbourne (BSc 1933, MSc 1935). Physicist, CSIR Radio Research Board 1934-36, Physicist, PMG Research Laboratories 1936-47, Fred Knight Travelling Scholar 1937-38, Radar officer, RAN, 1943-46, Telecommunications officer, Commonwealth Department of Civil Aviation 1947-48, Physicist, Weapons Research Establishment, 1948-65, Director 1958-65, Secretary, Department of National Development 1965-69, Deputy Australian High Commissioner, London 1969-72. Member Australian Atomic Energy Commission 1965-70, Chairman 1972-76.

4 October 1962 4 October 1962 Lecture - Presented lecture 'Satellites in space'at "Horizons in science" conference, Melbourne Davis, Edward Bruce (1920 - 2004)

Davis headed the WRE Engineering Wing, under Boswell, during the 1960s.

 Horizons in Science, Professional Officers Association (1962)

Presented lecture 'Satellites in space'

 British Atomic Tests in Australia (1952 - 1963) 1958 1965

Director, Weapons Research Establishment

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 Boswell, Robert William McGregor (1911-1976)

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 'Boswell, Robert William McGregor', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Boswell, Robert William McGregor Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Resource Section: Boswell, Robert William McGregor Boswell, Robert William McGregor Australian Science Archives Project 1995 Physics in Australia to 1945 R.W. Home, with the assistance of Paula J. Needham Journal Article: [Obituary]: Boswell, R W McGregor [Obituary]: Boswell, R W McGregor 1976 Atomic Energy in Australia 19 2 7-8 Book Section: Boswell, Robert William McGregor (1911-1976), scientist and public servant Lawrence, T. F. C. Boswell, Robert William McGregor (1911-1976), scientist and public servant Melbourne Melbourne University Press 1993 Australian dictionary of biography, volume 13: 1940 - 1980 A-De John Ritchie 225-226 Book: A History of Defence Science in Australia Wisdom, John A History of Defence Science in Australia Melbourne Defence Science and Technology Organisation 1995 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