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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 1993-10-20 human Gavan McCarthy; Ken McInnes updated 2026-03-18 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P001630b.htm person Courtney-Pratt Jeofry Stuart AACR2 31 January 1920 1995 Place of Birth Hobart, Tasmania, Australia Physical chemist Applied physicist Jeofry Courtney-Pratt was a sort after physicist who worked for Australia's key industrial research organization, CSIR and several overseas companies. He was the Assistant Director of Research in physics at Cambridge, and Head of several departments at the American giants Bell Telephone Laboratories and AT&T Information Systems Laboratories. 1940 1946 Career position - Assistant at the Lubricants and Bearings Section of CSIR (Council for Scientific and Industrial Research) 1942 1942 Education - Bachelor of Education (BEd), University of Tasmania 1947 1949 Award - 1851 Exhibition Research Fellowship, studied Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Gonville and Caius College at Cambridge, UK 1953 1957 Career position - Assistant Director of Research of the Department of Physical Chemistry, University of Cambridge 1958 1958 Education - Doctor of Science (ScD), Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge 1958 1969 Career position - Head of the Department of Mechanics and Optics, Bell Telephone Laboratories, USA 1969 1982 Career position - Head of the Department of Applied Physics, Bell Telephone Laboratories, USA 1983 Career position - Head of the Station Technology Department, AT&T Information Systems Laboratories, USA 1851 Exhibition Scholarship Awards, Australia (1891 - )

1851 Exhibition Research Fellowship: 1947-1949. [Studied Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Gonville and Caius College at Cambridge, UK]

 Courtney-Pratt, Jeofry Stuart (1920-)

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 'Courtney-Pratt, Jeofry Stuart', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Courtney-Pratt, Jeofry Stuart Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Resource Section: Courtney-Pratt, Jeofry Stuart Courtney-Pratt, Jeofry Stuart Australian Science Archives Project 1995 Physics in Australia to 1945 R.W. Home, with the assistance of Paula J. Needham Journal Article: Jeofrey Courtney-Pratt 1920 - 1995 White, Guy Jeofrey Courtney-Pratt 1920 - 1995 1995 Australian and New Zealand physicist 32 10 227