Stibbs, Douglas Walter Noble (Walter)

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English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 1997-06-30 human Rosanne Walker updated 2025-07-31 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P002685b.htm person Stibbs Douglas Walter Noble AACR2 17 February 1919 12 April 2010 Place of Birth Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Place of Death Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia Astronomer Astrophysicist Walter Stibbs spent his early career in Australia, working at the Commonwealth Solar Observatory at Mount Stromlo from 1940-1942 and 1945-1951 and lecturing in the Department of Mathematics and Physics at New England University College, Armidale (now University of New England) from 1942-1945. After 30 years at the University of St Andrews, Scotland, as Napier Professor of Astronomy and Director of the University Observatory, he returned to Mount Stromlo in 1990 as a Visiting Fellow. During his first period at Mount Stromlo he participated in early optical munitions work, designing folded optics for a gun sight and a sun compass for use by tanks in desert warfare. The Walter Stibbs Lecture is presented annually by the Sydney Institute for Astronomy, University of Sydney. 1940 1942 Career position - Resident Assistant, Commonwealth Solar Observatory 1942 1942 Education - Bachelor of Science (BSc) University of Sydney 1942 1945 Career position - Assistant Lecturer, Department of Mathematics and Physics, New England University College, Armidale 1943 1943 Education - Master of Science (MSc), University of Sydney 1945 c. 1950 Career position - Scientific Officer (later Senior Scientific Officer), Commonwealth Solar Observatory c. 1950 1951 Career position - Senior Scientific Officer, Commmonwealth Observatory 1954 1954 Education - DPhil, University of Oxford, UK 1955 1959 Career position - Principal Scientific Officer, United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority 1956 1956 Career position - Johnson Memorial Prize and Gold Medal for Advancement of Astronomy and Meteorology, University of Oxford 1959 1989 Career position - Napier Professor of Astronomy and Director of the University Observatory, University of St. Andrews, Scotland 1961 2010 Award - Fellow, Royal Society of Edinburgh 1972 1973 Career position - Vice-President, Royal Astronomical Society, United Kingdom 1987 1989 Career position - Senior Professor Senatus Academicus, University of St Andrews 1990 Career position - Professor Emeritus, University of St Andrews 1990 Career position - Visiting Fellow at Mount Stromlo & Siding Springs Observatories, Australian National University 1990 Career position - Visiting Fellow at the Astrophysical Theory Centre, School of Mathematical Sciences, Australian National University

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'Stibbs, Douglas Walter Noble (Walter)', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Stibbs, Douglas Walter Noble (Walter) Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Resource Section: Stibbs, Douglas Walter Noble (Walter) Stibbs, Douglas Walter Noble (Walter) Australian Science Archives Project 1997 The Giant's Eye: the Optical Munitions Exhibition A Bright Sparcs Exhibition Journal Article: Douglas Walter Noble Stibbs Stibbs, Margaret Douglas Walter Noble Stibbs 2010 Australian Mathematical Society gazette 37 3 165-7 Journal Article: Walter Stibbs 1919 - 2010 Evans, Tom Lloyd Walter Stibbs 1919 - 2010 2010 Astronomy & Geophysics 51 4 41-2 Journal Article: Douglas Walter Noble Stibbs (1919 - 2010) Strickland, David Douglas Walter Noble Stibbs (1919 - 2010) 2010 The Observatory 130 272-3 Journal Article: R. v.d. R. Woolley in Australia Davies, Susan R. v.d. R. Woolley in Australia 1984 Historical Records of Australian Science 6 1 59-69 Walter Stibbs Walter Stibbs

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