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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 1998-03-11 human Rosanne Walker; Ken McInnes updated 2026-01-15 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P003053b.htm person Barker John Adair FAA FRS AACR2 24 March 1925 27 October 1995 Place of Birth Corrigin, Western Australia, Australia Place of Death California, United States of America Theoretical physicist John Barker worked at IBM Research Laboratory (later the Almaden Research Center), San Jose, California 1969-1994. He has made major contributions to our knowledge of solutions and dense vapours by his work on the statistical mechanics of molecular interactions, especially of polar molecules. 1945 1945 Education - Bachelor of Science (BSc(Hons)), University of Melbourne 1946 1947 Career position - Demonstrator in physics, University of Melbourne 1948 1948 Career position - Scientist, Division of Aeronautics, Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) 1949 1949 Career position - Mathematics teacher, Acton Technical college, England 1950 1967 Career position - Scientist, Division of Industrial Chemistry, CSIRO 1958 1958 Education - Doctor of Science (DSc), University of Melbourne 1967 1969 Career position - Professor of Applied Mathematics and Physics, University of Waterloo, Ontario 1967 1995 Award - Fellow, Australian Academy of Science (FAA) 1969 1994 Career position - IBM Research Laboratory (later the Almaden Research Center), San Jose, California 1981 1995 Award - Fellow, The Royal Society, London (FRS) CSIR Division of Aeronautics, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (1940 - 1949)

Scientist 1948

 CSIR/O Division of Industrial Chemistry, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (1940 - 1958)

Scientist, 1950 - 1967

 Australian Academy of Science (1954 - )

Fellow 1967 - 1995

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 Barker, John Adair (1925-1995)

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 'Barker, John Adair', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Barker, John Adair Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Resource: The Academy's Fellows [including profiles and other relevant links] Australian Academy of Science The Academy's Fellows [including profiles and other relevant links] Canberra Australian Academy of Science 2019 Journal Article: John Adair Barker 1925-1995 Rowlinson, J. S. John Adair Barker 1925-1995 1996 Historical Records of Australian Science 11 2 179-190 Journal Article: John Adair Barker, 24 March 1925 - 27 October 1995 Rowlinson, John Shipley John Adair Barker, 24 March 1925 - 27 October 1995 1996 Biographical memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society 42 13-22 Resource Section: John Adair Barker [1925-1995] Ward, C. John Adair Barker [1925-1995] Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) 2011 CSIROpedia Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) Book: Engineering a Legacy: Memories of the journey of CSIRO Chemical Engineering Beale, Bob Engineering a Legacy: Memories of the journey of CSIRO Chemical Engineering Clayton, Victoria CSIRO Minerals 2005 Journal Article: Keith Leonard Sutherland 1916-1980 Ewers, W. E.; and Weiss, D. E. Keith Leonard Sutherland 1916-1980 1981 Historical Records of Australian Science 5 2 78-88 John Adair Barker John Adair Barker All rights reserved.

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