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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 2025-10-15 human Gavan McCarthy updated 2025-10-15 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P007879b.htm person Jenkin John G. AACR2 Place of Birth Adelaide, South Australia, Australia Place of Death Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Physicist Science historian John Jenkin was born, raised, and educated in Adelaide, South Australia, and graduated B.Sc. with first-class honours in physics from the University of Adelaide in 1960. He then completed a Ph.D. in low-energy nuclear physics at the Australian National University in Canberra, and held post-doctoral appointments at the Atomic Energy Research Establishment, Harwell, England, and the University of Minnesota, USA. The remainder of his career has been spent at La Trobe University in Melbourne, Australia, where he became Reader and Head of the Department of Physics (1968-1992), and then joined the History and Philosophy of Science program in the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences (1993-1999). His research at La Trobe has concerned the electronic properties of materials (in Physics) and the history of the physical sciences in Australia (in Humanities). He retired in 2000 and became an Emeritus Scholar in the Philosophy Program at La Trobe. Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, La Trobe University

History and Philosophy of Science program 1993 - 1999; emeritus scholar 2000 -

 School of Physics, La Trobe University (? - c. 1999)

Head, Department of Physics 1968 - 1992

 Wallaby Club (1894 - )

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 'Jenkin, John G.', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Jenkin, John G. Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Journal Article: Reflections on a Scientific Parting of the Ways Jenkin, John Reflections on a Scientific Parting of the Ways 1986 Record (La Trobe University) 20 3 6-7 Journal Article: G. E. M. Jauncey and the Compton Effect Jenkin, John G. E. M. Jauncey and the Compton Effect 2002 Physics in Perspective 4 3 320-332 Journal Article: A Unique Partnership: William and Lawrence Bragg and the 1915 Nobel Prize in Physics Jenkin, John A Unique Partnership: William and Lawrence Bragg and the 1915 Nobel Prize in Physics 2001 Minerva 39 373-392 Review: Historical Records of Australian Science Jenkin, John 2001 Historical Records of Australian Science 13 3 364-365 Book Section: Mitchell, Sir Mark Ledingham (1902-1977), biochemist and university chancellor Jenkin, John Mitchell, Sir Mark Ledingham (1902-1977), biochemist and university chancellor Melbourne Melbourne University Press 2000 Australian dictionary of biography, volume 15: 1940 - 1980 Kem-Pie John Ritchie 383-384 Journal Article: Henry L. Brose: an extraordinary Australian physicist Jenkin, John Henry L. Brose: an extraordinary Australian physicist 2000 The Physicist 37 3 60-65 Journal Article: Henry Herman Leopold Adolph Brose: Vagaries of an Extraordinary Australian Scientist Jenkin, John Henry Herman Leopold Adolph Brose: Vagaries of an Extraordinary Australian Scientist 1999 Historical Records of Australian Science 12 3 287-312 Book Section: Brose, Henry Herman Leopold (1890-1965), scientist Jenkin, John Brose, Henry Herman Leopold (1890-1965), scientist Melbourne Melbourne University Press 1993 Australian dictionary of biography, volume 13: 1940 - 1980 A-De John Ritchie 269-270 Journal Article: 200 Years of Physics in Australia Jenkin, J. 200 Years of Physics in Australia 1988 Australian Science Teachers Journal 34 2 71-75 Journal Article: William Bragg in Adelaide: and Finally Golf Jenkin, John William Bragg in Adelaide: and Finally Golf 1986 Australian Physicist 23 138-140 Review: Historical Records of Australian Science Jenkin, John 2005 Historical Records of Australian Science 16 1 111-113 Book: The Bragg Family in Adelaide: a Pictorial Celebration Jenkin, John The Bragg Family in Adelaide: a Pictorial Celebration Adelaide University of Adelaide 1986 Journal Article: The 1901 Royal Visit to Adelaide: an Account by William and Gwendoline Bragg Jenkin, John The 1901 Royal Visit to Adelaide: an Account by William and Gwendoline Bragg 1986 Journal of the Historical Society of South Australia 14 19-34 Journal Article: William Henry Bragg, 1862-1942: Man and Scientist, by G.M. Caroe Jenkin, John William Henry Bragg, 1862-1942: Man and Scientist, by G.M. Caroe 1983 Australian Physicist 20 179-180 Journal Article: The Cavendish Tradition in Australian Physics - Time for a Change Jenkin, John The Cavendish Tradition in Australian Physics - Time for a Change 1983 Australian Physicist 20 46-50 Review: Historical Records of Australian Science Jenkin, John 1981 Historical Records of Australian Science 5 2 123-124 Journal Article: Horace Lamb and Early Physics Teaching in Australia Jenkin, J. G.; and Home, R. W. Horace Lamb and Early Physics Teaching in Australia 1995 Historical Records of Australian Science 10 4 349-380 Journal Article: Physical Scientists in Australia: Sources for Their History and Achievements Jenkin, J. Physical Scientists in Australia: Sources for Their History and Achievements 1989 Reference Australia 4 July 12-24 Journal Article: W. H. Bragg and the Public Image of Science in Australia Jenkin, John W. H. Bragg and the Public Image of Science in Australia 1987 Search 18 1 34-37 Journal Article: Letter to the Editor About William Bragg and Tennis at Cambridge Jenkin, John G. Letter to the Editor About William Bragg and Tennis at Cambridge 1981 Australian Physicist 18 7 131 Book: Fire in the Belly: the First Fifty Years of the Pioneer School at the ANU Ophel, Trevor and Jenkin, John Fire in the Belly: the First Fifty Years of the Pioneer School at the ANU Canberra Research School of Physical Science and Engineering, Institute of Advanced Studies, ANU 1996 Book Section: Titterton, Sir Ernest William (1916-1990), professor of nuclear physics Newton, J. O.; and Jenkin, John Titterton, Sir Ernest William (1916-1990), professor of nuclear physics Melbourne Melbourne University Press 2012 Australian dictionary of biography, volume 18: 1981 - 1990 L-Z Melanie Nolan 510-2 Book Section: Jauncey, George Eric Macdonnell (1888-1947), physicist Jenkin, John; and Home, R.W. Jauncey, George Eric Macdonnell (1888-1947), physicist Melbourne Melbourne University Press 2005 Australian dictionary of biography: supplement 1580 - 1980, with a name index to the Australian dictionary of biography to 1980 Christopher Cunneen 201-202 Journal Article: Was the 'First' Angle-Resolved Photoemission Experiment Done by a Nobel-Prize Winning Physicist at Adelaide University in 1908 Jenkin, John G.; Liesegang, J.; Leckey, R.C.G.; and Riley, J.D. Was the 'First' Angle-Resolved Photoemission Experiment Done by a Nobel-Prize Winning Physicist at Adelaide University in 1908 1979 Journal of Electron Spectroscopy and Related Phenomena 15 307-322 Journal Article: British Influence on Australian Physics, 1788-1988 Jenkin, John G. British Influence on Australian Physics, 1788-1988 1990 Berichte zur Wissenschaftsgeschichte 13 93-100 Journal Article: Frederick Soddy's 1904 Visit to Australia and the Subsequent Soddy-Bragg Correspondence: Isolation from without and within Jenkin, John G. Frederick Soddy's 1904 Visit to Australia and the Subsequent Soddy-Bragg Correspondence: Isolation from without and within 1985 Historical Records of Australian Science 6 2 153-170 Book Section: Wood, Edward James Ferguson (1904-1972), marine microbiologist Ducker, Sophie C.; and Jenkin, John Wood, Edward James Ferguson (1904-1972), marine microbiologist Melbourne Melbourne University Press 2002 Australian dictionary of biography, volume 16: 1940 - 1980 Pik-Z John Ritchie and Diane Langmore 577 Review: Isis Jenkin, John 2003 Isis 94 3 524-525 Journal Article: William Bragg in Adelaide; Tennis Too! Jenkin, John G. William Bragg in Adelaide; Tennis Too! 1981 Australian Physicist 18 4 69-70 Journal Article: William Henry Bragg in Adelaide: Beginning Research at a Colonial Locality Jenkin, John William Henry Bragg in Adelaide: Beginning Research at a Colonial Locality 2004 Isis 95 1 58-90 Book Section: Kleeman, Richard Daniel (1875-1932), physicist Jenkin, John and Home, R.W. Kleeman, Richard Daniel (1875-1932), physicist Melbourne Melbourne University Press 2005 Australian dictionary of biography: supplement 1580 - 1980, with a name index to the Australian dictionary of biography to 1980 Christopher Cunneen 218-219 Review: Historical Records of Australian Science Jenkin, John 2018 Historical Records of Australian Science 29 1 57 Journal Article: The Braggs, x-ray crystallography, and Lawrence Bragg's sound-ranging in World War I Jenkin, John The Braggs, x-ray crystallography, and Lawrence Bragg's sound-ranging in World War I 2015 Interdisciplinary Science Reviews 40 3 222-43 Journal Article: Braggs' law or Bragg's law? Jenkin, John Braggs' law or Bragg's law? 2012 Australian Physicist 49 72.9 Book: William and Lawrence Bragg: the Most Extraordinary Collaboration in Science Jenkin, John William and Lawrence Bragg: the Most Extraordinary Collaboration in Science Oxford Oxford University Press 2007 Review: Historical Records of Australian Science Jenkin, John 2007 Historical Records of Australian Science 18 1 139-41 Review: Historical Records of Australian Science Jenkin, John 2006 Historical Records of Australian Science 17 2 298-299 Review: Historical Records of Australian Science Robin, Libby; Jenkin, John 2002 Historical Records of Australian Science 14 2 209-210 Journal Article: The Appointment of W.H. Bragg, FRS, to the University of Adelaide Jenkin, John G. The Appointment of W.H. Bragg, FRS, to the University of Adelaide 1985 Notes and Records of the Royal Society of London 40 1 75-79