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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 1993-10-20 human McCarthy, G.J. updated 2025-02-04 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P001789b.htm person Rayner Jack Maxwell OBE AACR2 22 October 1906 6 October 1982 Place of Birth Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Place of Death Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia Geophysicist Jack Rayner was one of Australia's top geophysicists. He was Deputy Director (1952-1958) then Director (1958-1969) of the Geology and Geophysics Section of the Commonwealth Bureau of Mineral Resources and was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in 1967. 1929 1929 Education - Bachelor of Science (BSc), University of Sydney 1929 1930 Career position - Commonwealth Trainee Geophysicist on the Imperial Geophysical Experimental Survey 1930 1942 Career position - Geophysicist with the New South Wales Department of Mines 1942 1946 Career position - Assistant on the Mineral Resources Survey 1946 1952 Career position - Chief Geophysicist with the Commonwealth Bureau of Mineral Resources, Geology and Geophysics Section 1946 1952 Career position - Chief Geophysicist on the Mineral Resources Survey 1952 1969 Career position - Deputy Director (to 1958) then Director of the Commonwealth Bureau of Mineral Resources, Geology and Geophysics Section 1967 1967 Award - Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)

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 Rayner, J M (19061022-19821006)

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 'Rayner, Jack Maxwell', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Rayner, Jack Maxwell Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Resource Section: Rayner, Jack Maxwell Rayner, Jack Maxwell Australian Science Archives Project 1995 Physics in Australia to 1945 R.W. Home, with the assistance of Paula J. Needham Journal Article: Harold George Raggatt Rayner, J. M.; and Wark, I. W. Harold George Raggatt 1972 Records of the Australian Academy of Science 2 3 62-75 Journal Article: Jack Rayner and the Imperial Geophysical Experimental Survey Rayner, John Jack Rayner and the Imperial Geophysical Experimental Survey 2007 Preview: Australian Society of Exploration Geophysicists 126 39-42, 44 Book Section: Rayner, Jack Maxwell (1906-1982), geophysicist McCracken, Ken Rayner, Jack Maxwell (1906-1982), geophysicist Melbourne Melbourne University Press 2012 Australian dictionary of biography, volume 18: 1981 - 1990 L-Z Melanie Nolan 330