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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 2025-07-31 human Ken McInnes updated 2026-05-13 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P007796b.htm person Wisdom John Cromwell AACR2 20 July 1919 1 August 2001 Place of Birth Victoria, Australia Place of Death Victoria, Australia Mechanical engineer Aeronautical scientist Science historian John Wisdom CEng MMechE FIEAust MRAeSoc was a research scientist with the Aeronautical Research Laboratories most of his working life, rising to become Head, Engineering Development Establishment, Department of Defence, from 1975 until his retirement in 1981. Before that he was First Assistant Controller (Aeroscience) Department of Supply, and Principal Research Scientist, Aeronautical Research Laboratories, Department of Supply, Melbourne. His early research focus was on the development of gas turbine engines, and, before and after he retired, he researched and wrote extensively on the history of defence science in Australia. 1942 1942 Education - Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering (BMechE), University of Melbourne c. 1942 1949 Career position - Research Officer, Engines and Fuels Section, Division of Aeronautics, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research 1948 1948 Career event - Associate Member (AMIEAust), Institution of Engineers Australia 1949 c. 1958 Career position - Research Officer, Division of Aeronautics, Department of Supply and Development 1957 1957 Education - Master of Mechanical Engineering (MMechE), University of Melbourne 1957 1957 Award - Mechanical Engineering Prize, Institution of Engineers Australia c. 1958 1965 Career position - Principal Research Scientist, Aeronautical Research Laboratories, Department of Supply 1965 1975 Career position - First Assistant Controller (Aeroscience), Department of Supply 13 Sep 1968 13 Sep 1968 Career event - Member (MIEAust), Institution of Engineers Australia [Former Associate Members were designated Members on this date.] 1975 1981 Career position - Head, Engineering Development Establishment, Department of Defence 1979 1979 Publication - Book: "Forty Years of Army Design" 1981 1981 Life event - Retired 1995 1995 Publication - Book: "A history of defence science in Australia" 2001 2001 Buried - Cremated, Springvale Botanical Cemetery, Victoria Aeronautical Research Laboratories, Department of Supply and Development (1949 - 1994)

Principal Research Scientist to 1975

 Mechanical Engineering Prize, Institution of Engineers Australia (1955 - 1975)

Awarded the Prize 1957. For the paper "Victorian brown coal as a fuel for gas turbines"'

 'Wisdom, John Cromwell', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Wisdom, John Cromwell Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Journal Article: Industrial applications of the gas turbine (Discussion) Woods, M. W.; Wisdom, J. C.; Rennie, E. J. C. Industrial applications of the gas turbine (Discussion) 1949 Journal of the Institution of Engineers, Australia 21 10-11 180 Report: Thirty-ninth Annual Report [1958] Institution of Engineers Australia Thirty-ninth Annual Report [1958] 1959 Thesis: The coal burning gas turbine with special reference to Victorian brown coal Wisdom, John Cromwell The coal burning gas turbine with special reference to Victorian brown coal Parkville, Victoria University of Melbourne 1957 Journal Article: Victorian brown coal as a fuel for gas turbines Wisdom, J. C. Victorian brown coal as a fuel for gas turbines 1957 Journal of the Institution of Engineers, Australia 29 7-8 179-186 Journal Article: Industrial applications of the gas turbine Woods, M. W.; Wisdom, J. C. Industrial applications of the gas turbine 1949 Journal of the Institution of Engineers, Australia 21 4-5 67-76 Journal Article: Experimental operation of a coal-fired gas turbine with gas cleaning Atkin, M. L.; Lhuede, E. P.; Wisdom, J. C. Experimental operation of a coal-fired gas turbine with gas cleaning 1964 Journal of the Institution of Engineers, Australia 36 7-8 167-176 Journal Article: The combined gas turbine-steam cycle; A thermo-dynamic and design appreciation Wisdom, J. C. The combined gas turbine-steam cycle; A thermo-dynamic and design appreciation Institution of Engineers Australia 1965 Mechanical and Chemical Engineering Transactions MC1 50- Journal Article: The coal burning gas turbine in Australia Wisdom, J. C.; Atkin, M. L.; Lhuede, E. P.; and Morley, W. J. The coal burning gas turbine in Australia Institution of Engineers Australia 1961 Electrical and Mechanical Engineering Transactions EM3 29- Book: Forty Years of Army Design Wisdom, J. C. Forty Years of Army Design Maribyrnong, Victoria Engineering Development Establishment 1979 Conference Paper: Industrial application of the gas turbine Wisdom, J. C. Industrial application of the gas turbine Sydney Institution of Engineers Australia 1953 Proceedings of the Engineering Conference, 1953, Melbourne 111-115 Conference Paper: The future of the gas turbine in Australia (A symposium of three papers) Wisdom, J. C.; Pavia, R. E.; Kennedy, W. B. The future of the gas turbine in Australia (A symposium of three papers) Sydney Institution of Engineers Australia 1953 Proceedings of the Engineering Conference, 1953, Melbourne 111-127 Book: A History of Defence Science in Australia Wisdom, John A History of Defence Science in Australia Melbourne Defence Science and Technology Organisation 1995