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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 2006-02-15 human Annette Alafaci updated 2026-01-15 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P004683b.htm person McCarthy Ian Ellery FAA FAIP FAPS AACR2 19 June 1930 23 April 2005 Place of Birth Adelaide, South Australia, Australia Place of Death Adelaide, South Australia, Australia Mathematical physicist Ian Ellery McCarthy was Professor of Physics at Flinders University in South Australia for nearly thirty years (1968-1996). Prior to this he held Professorships at two universities in the United States of America. Throughout his career McCarthy worked in several distinct areas of theoretical physics. He was elected to the Australian Academy of Science in 1982 and was also a Fellow of the American Physical Society (FAPS) and the Australian Institute of Physics (FAIP). Ian McCarthy presented invited papers at a number of international conferences and was (co)-author of numerous peer-reviewed publications. 1952 1952 Education - Bachelor of Science (BSc), University of Adelaide 1956 1956 Education - Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), University of Adelaide 1956 1960 Career position - Postdoctoral research, Universities of Cambridge (UK), Minnesota (USA) and California (USA) 1960 1963 Career position - Lecturer then Senior Lecture in Mathematical Physics, University of Adelaide 1963 1964 Career position - Associate Professor of Physics, University of California in Davis, USA 1965 1967 Career position - Professor of Physics, University of Oregon, USA 1968 1996 Career position - Professor of Physics at Flinders University in South Australia 1982 Award - Fellow, Australian Academy of Science (FAA) Australian Academy of Science (1954 - )

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 McCarthy, I E (1930-2005)

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 'McCarthy, Ian Ellery', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology McCarthy, Ian Ellery Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Journal Article: Obituary: Ian McCarthy Obituary: Ian McCarthy 2005 Newsletter, Australian Academy of Science 62 11 Journal Article: Ian Ellery McCarthy 1930-2005 Thomas, Anthony W.; Afnan, Iraj R.; and Tandy, Peter C. Ian Ellery McCarthy 1930-2005 2008 Historical Records of Australian Science 19 2 161-89