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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 1993-10-20 human McCarthy, G.J. updated 2025-07-31 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P001846b.htm person Wood Francis Waverley AACR2 12 June 1905 1977 Place of Birth Albany, Western Australia, Australia Physicist Francis Wood worked in many fields of physics across Australia and in the United Kingdom and United States of America. He posts included Officer-in-charge at the Watheroo Magnetic Observatory (1946-1949) and Deputy Director of Trials at the Weapons Research Establishment (1965-1968). 1926 1926 Education - Bachelor of Science (BSc), University of Western Australia 1926 1932 Career position - Assistant at the Watheroo Magnetic Observatory in Western Australia 1936 1937 Career position - Research Officer at the Royal Aircraft Establishment in Farnborough, UK 1937 1946 Career position - Research Physicist at CSIR (Council for Scientific and Industrial Research) Radio Research Board 1946 1949 Career position - Observer-in-charge of the Watheroo Magnetic Observatory 1949 1951 Career position - Research Fellow at the Carnegie Institution of Washington, USA 1951 1956 Career position - Assistant Chief Geophysicist with the Bureau of Mineral Resources 1956 1965 Career position - Superintendent of Optical Instrumentation at the Weapons Research Establishment in South Australia 1965 1968 Career position - Deputy Director of Trials at the Weapons Research Establishment Bureau of Mineral Resources, Geology and Geophysics, Commonwealth of Australia (1946 - 1992)

Assistant Chief Geophysicist, 1951-1956

 Radio Research Board (1927 - 1985)

Research Physicist, 1937-1946

 Weapons Research Establishment, Commonwealth of Australia (1955 - 1978)

Superintendent of Optical Instrumentation, 1956-1965; Deputy Director of Trials. 1965-1968

 Watheroo Magnetic Observatory (1919 - 1957)

Officer in Charge, 1946-1949

 Wood, Francis Waverley (1905-)

Trove

 'Wood, Francis Waverley', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Wood, Francis Waverley Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Resource Section: Wood, Francis Waverley Wood, Francis Waverley Australian Science Archives Project 1995 Physics in Australia to 1945 R.W. Home, with the assistance of Paula J. Needham Book: A History of Defence Science in Australia Wisdom, John A History of Defence Science in Australia Melbourne Defence Science and Technology Organisation 1995