P001834
revised
AU-VU:EOAS
Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation
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Person
created
1993-10-20
human
McCarthy, G.J.
updated
2019-12-13
human
https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P001834b.htm
person
Wait
George Ray
AACR2
7 September 1886
9 April 1953
Place of Birth
Chase, Kansas, United States of America
Place of Death
Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America
Physicist
Teacher
George Wait worked for the Department of Terrestrial Magnetism at the Carnegie Institution of Washington, USA from 1920 to 1951. As part of this role he was sent to Western Australia as Observer-in-charge at the Watheroo Magnetic Observatory (1921-1924).
1913
1914
Career position - Assistant Instructor at the Kansas State Teachers College
1914
1914
Education - Bachelor of Science (BSc), Kansas State Teachers College
1914
1916
Career position - Science Teacher in North Dakota, USA
1917
1917
Education - Master of Science (MSc), State University in Iowa, USA
1920
1920
Education - Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), State University, Iowa
1920
1951
Career position - Research Physicist in the Department of Terrestrial Magnetism at the Carnegie Institution of Washington, USA
1921
1924
Career position - Observer-in-charge, Watheroo Magnetic Observatory in Western Australia
Wait, George Ray (1886-1953)
Trove
'Wait, George Ray', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology
Wait, George Ray
Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation
Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation
Resource Section: Wait, George Ray
Wait, George Ray
Australian Science Archives Project
1995
Physics in Australia to 1945
R.W. Home, with the assistance of Paula J. Needham